Category Archives: Cultural differences/ cultural training

An EFL A to Z of Christmas and the New Year

Posted on 11/12/2010 by alexcase

After the success (?) of my EFL dictionary of football for UsingEnglish.com, have embarked upon a Xmas dictionary/ encyclopedia that we aim to eventually make part of a wider one on holidays and festivals. We want to be as multicultural as possible, so if … Continue reading →

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Teaching English in Korea links

Posted on 26/09/2010 by alexcase

These three are mine as usual, with the first one a new one. I guess if I really felt guilty about selling myself all the time I’d stop doing it… Then there are twenty or so others, including official US government advice, … Continue reading →

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New New Cutting Edge Intermediate worksheets

Posted on 12/09/2010 by alexcase

Update: All such worksheets now here: https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/cutting-edge/ce-int/

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What I do to switch off from reading and blogging about TEFL

Posted on 29/08/2010 by alexcase

Reading and blogging about Japan, of course! Recent questions that I have kind of answered on JapanExplained (after a long hiatus) include: – Why would anyone coat a park in grey dust? – Why do Japanese companies pay more as … Continue reading →

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Differences between Japanese and Korean students

Posted on 01/08/2010 by alexcase

“According to [Kristina Beckam-Bristo’s study of cross-cultural classroom behaviors(2003)], Korean students believe that offering personal viewpoints in class is highly acceptable (given a rating of 5 out of 5), while Japanese students believe this behavior to be highly unacceptable (given … Continue reading →

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New Advanced level worksheets

Posted on 05/06/2010 by alexcase

All designed for and used with Landmark Advanced (boy, is that a book that needs some supplementing!), but most easily useable with any Advanced or high Upper Intermediate class,and all copiable from here into Word or printable as PDFs. Topics include: … Continue reading →

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Why we really do what we do Part Three- Culture

Posted on 31/05/2010 by alexcase

Finally prompted to continue this series on WWRDWWD by Scott Thornbury’s thought provoking (as ever) piece on Flow, flow being something I’ve been pondering on for a while. I have this strange obsession with making sure all parts of my lesson “flow”, if … Continue reading →

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That lightbulb moment

Posted on 07/04/2010 by alexcase

She looked a lot like the stereotype of a post-Soviet female, and by the succession of boyfriends waiting outside the language school for her over the months and a few comments she made, we all got the impression she was making the … Continue reading →

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The importance of noses in Eikaiwa

Posted on 17/03/2010 by alexcase

Posting this now was prompted by a comment by Darren Elliott in the post below. That and the fact that it is very odd indeed, and from a British owned company too…

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New game-like worksheets March 2010 Part Two

Posted on 10/03/2010 by alexcase

Worksheet for MyStoryMaker online storytelling (see Sean Banville’s blog for more details on using that site) Company buffet meeting (if they can talk about food, they can do the language of meetings- with a little bit of culture sprinkled on top) … Continue reading →

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