Author Archives: alexcase

Another free online TEFL course

Posted on 01/12/2012 by alexcase

Haven’t clicked on any of the 15 video tutorials, but it being clearly labelled Basic TEFL Course and coming from David Deubelbeiss are good signs: Basic TEFL Certificate Interview with someone else offering one here: ESL Insider interview

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US university ESL program’s shocking lack of standards?

Posted on 01/12/2012 by alexcase

including university teachers with no higher degrees, ones with little relevant qualifications or experience (only one of 14 with an actual Masters in ESL and only 5 of 14 with over two years’ TESL experience), no evaluation of instructors or their … Continue reading →

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Why teachers need time

Posted on 28/11/2012 by alexcase

After 16 years of teaching and almost as much writing about TEFL, I can give you a half-decent worksheet or article on almost any topic, and with up to 24 hours of teaching, a young daughter, and 5 articles and … Continue reading →

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New ELT articles and worksheets November 2012

Posted on 26/11/2012 by alexcase

Good for articles but not so hot for worksheets this month: Articles Comparative adjective games Advantages and disadvantages of using authentic texts in class Collocations games Different methods for ELT brainstorming Teaching the Future Perfect tense Prepositions for YLs – LINK … Continue reading →

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Teaching prepositions to kids

Posted on 22/11/2012 by alexcase

Updated 6 October 2017 There are a few issues and a whole bunch of fun and useful games, so I’ve recently written five(!) articles on the topic of just prepositions of position: Teaching prepositions to kids articles How to teach prepositions of … Continue reading →

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The dangerous power of being a half-decent teacher

Posted on 21/11/2012 by alexcase

There comes a time in your teaching career when you can put together a CELTAtastic lesson on just about anything, be it “gardens” in a course on “architecture, cities and gardens” with design students who have no special interest in those topics or … Continue reading →

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Another great game for “What’s your name?”/ “How old are you?” etc

Posted on 19/11/2012 by alexcase

Saw a great toy yesterday which is a three metre long plastic pipe with phone headsets at the end: Talking tubes Would be perfect for handing around the class to practise questions and answers through, first with the teacher holding one … Continue reading →

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The most important part of your YL lesson prep

Posted on 18/11/2012 by alexcase

If I have one tip for teaching kids a substantial amount of English, it would be starting all lesson preparation by printing out 20 or so words on the topic of the day, be that sports when doing can and … Continue reading →

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EFL exams – 150 worksheets/ links now easier to find

Posted on 18/11/2012 by alexcase

Loads for IELTS (including for all papers and three specific textbooks), BULATS and FCE, plus some bits and pieces on TOEIC, CAE, CPE and ToEFL: EFL exam games/ materials

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List dictation guessing game – TEFLtastic classics Part 10

Posted on 17/11/2012 by alexcase

This is based on an activity in the classic book Dictation: New Methods New Possibilities, but I have expanded on the original idea and adapted it for particular language points. Students listen to a list of words and race to guess … Continue reading →

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