Category Archives: Cross cultural training in EFL

Worksheets on the topic of festivals and celebrations

Posted on 17/12/2012 by alexcase

Should your heart sink as much as mine does on another lesson just on the topic of Xmas, here is the perfect solution: Festivals/ celebrations/ ceremonies photocopiables Should you be happy to do just Xmas, a link to the 42 … Continue reading →

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Cultural training worksheets page tidied up

Posted on 26/01/2012 by alexcase

My EFL cultural training worksheets section  much easier to navigate now it has pages for: Taboo topics worksheets (classic speaking activities with just enough spice!) Body language and gestures worksheets (teaching them foreign gestures while practising language like body parts … Continue reading →

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The best of Teaching English Guest Writer Articles

Posted on 21/08/2009 by alexcase

Another example of how blogging can be a good thing even if nobody reads, in this case making me read something worthwhile that I just hadn’t quite found time for month after month after month… Surprising myself slightly, my top … Continue reading →

Posted in British Council, Cross cultural training in EFL, Dogme, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Skills, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL | Comments Off on The best of Teaching English Guest Writer Articles

An interview with Alex Case of TEFLtastic blog

Posted on 17/02/2009 by alexcase

No, this post is not the ultimate ego trip or a sign of a split personality (or at least not just those things)- Troy from The Blog with the Longest Name in Spain sent me a few questions a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, first TEFL job, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in China, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL career planning | 11 Comments

Christmas and New Year teaching ideas 2008

Posted on 01/12/2008 by alexcase

UPDATE: Much expanded and reorganised Xmas page with 42 articles and worksheets now here: Xmas and New Year materials/ ideas

Posted in Adverbs of frequency, Business English and ESP, Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, First conditional, Food vocabulary, Future perfect, Going to for future plans, Going to for predictions with present evidence, Grammar games, Language of negotiation, Modals of deduction, Passives, Past continuous, Photocopiable worksheets, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Present simple/ continuous, state and action verbs, Technical English, TPR, video, Vocabulary games, Will for predictions | 3 Comments

Grappling with teaching abroad Quote of the Day

Posted on 17/09/2008 by alexcase

“We are dealing with clouds, not clocks”

Posted in Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL | Tagged | 3 Comments

New stuff July 2008 Part Two

Posted on 30/07/2008 by alexcase

As mentioned in a comment or two below (and in every other sentence in my real life conversation), I am off on my reasonably well deserved hols from Friday and won’t even be looking at a computer screen for the … Continue reading →

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The benefits of teaching in Japan

Posted on 12/05/2008 by alexcase

Number one is that the status of English teachers is not so obviously low that when I met the love of my life and asked her to marry me she actually agreed! You won’t hear a lot about it on … Continue reading →

Posted in Becoming a Director of Studies, Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Discipline in the classroom, Eikaiwa, ELT management, English Teachers in Japan, IELTS, Job security, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Spain, Teaching Japanese primary school children, Teaching older students, Teaching shy students, TEFL, TEFL working conditions, TESOL, TOEIC | 7 Comments

New TEFL Articles and Worksheets April 2008

Posted on 01/05/2008 by alexcase

Hopefully it’s just Mayday bank holiday rather than my lack of effort TEFLtasticwise recently that has seen a sudden drop in my number of views, but if only to make myself feel better I thought I’d give a list of … Continue reading →

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33 cultural differences to annoy you in the classroom

Posted on 20/04/2008 by alexcase

1. German students trying to be cool 2. Japanese students giggling at everything you say, until it just isn’t flattering anymore, however cute they are 3. Chinese students falling asleep, then making you feel guilty when you do the topic … Continue reading →

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