Author Archives: alexcase

IELTS Speaking games/ worksheets now easy to find

Posted on 01/10/2012 by alexcase

The one good thing about needing to put each and every worksheet in the index pages manually is that I can finally put them in any order I like and generally get them properly organised for the first time in … Continue reading →

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Making personal questions for young learners fun

Posted on 29/09/2012 by alexcase

This was a guest piece of mine on a blog that recently disappeared (rather than just moving and becoming annoyingly inconvenient like mine has done). Good timing if you’re still in the first few classes. The challenges of teaching young … Continue reading →

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Technical English materials now easier to find

Posted on 28/09/2012 by alexcase

Not only easier than the other index pages that aren’t sorted out yet, but actually easier than it was before the blog moved: Technical English photocopiable worksheets Details of how to find all the other worksheets here.

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Narrative tenses photocopiables sorted out

Posted on 26/09/2012 by alexcase

All index pages (Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Simple Past and Used to) also now contain all relevant materials in proper sections: Past tenses communication games and other worksheets For details on which other pages are similarly easy to navigate and … Continue reading →

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An interview with TEFL blogging pioneer Aaron Campbell

Posted on 26/09/2012 by alexcase

It’s nice to really re-launch my blog with this fascinating interview on the very beginnings of TEFL blogging. Enjoy! Alex: Can you give us a brief biog? Aaron: Originally from the USA, I caught the travel bug in college after … Continue reading →

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Present Perfect worksheets/ games now all in one place

Posted on 26/09/2012 by alexcase

Have sorted out the pages on Present Perfect Simple/ Continuous/ both/ more general here: Present Perfect Communication games/ photocopiables and polished them up a bit while I was at it. For details on why that was necessary, other pages which … Continue reading →

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Finding TEFLtastic worksheets

Posted on 21/09/2012 by alexcase

Update: Click on the Communication games/ Worksheets link under the photo above for more up to date details on where things stand with worksheets now.

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How many "leading TEFL courses" can there be?

Posted on 17/09/2012 by alexcase

I was pretty sure I’d seen at least three organisations claiming to be “the leading TEFL course”, so spent 20 minutes or so on Google trying to find out how many there were. Not as many claims as I expected, … Continue reading →

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Launch of British Council Aptis test today

Posted on 14/09/2012 by alexcase

… making it, I imagine, the biggest example of the British Council both supporting and competing with other British-owned ELT organisations, for better or worse, but not much info online in English yet: A very short announcement on The Times … Continue reading →

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Interview with the new ownership/ management of UniTEFL Thailand

Posted on 12/09/2012 by alexcase

I regularly turn down suggestions for TEFL dirt digging because I want to get back to the Past Perfect Continuous games that are my real forte. However, I don’t think I’d ever been offered as much unwanted info on anyone … Continue reading →

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