Category Archives: Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA

New TEFL articles September 2010

Posted on 01/10/2010 by alexcase

I’ve linked to some of these already, but thought I may as well put the month’s supply together Video tasks for specific language points How to teach phonics with simple picture flashcards Classroom language for teaching pronunciation Pronunciation changes in … Continue reading →

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An A to Z of Wasei Eigo Part 5 – M to O

Posted on 16/09/2010 by alexcase

UPDATE: Full list including PDF now available here Wasei eigo (English made in Japan) is by far my favourite way of referring to this kind of language, but unfortunately it just ain’t an English expression. So “Japanese English” it will … Continue reading →

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Japlish dictionary Part Three- E, F and G

Posted on 08/08/2010 by alexcase

UPDATE: Complete Janglish dictionary now here. Parts One and Two are here and here. easy open (iiji opun) – easy to open easy order (iiji oodaa) – semi-tailored suit echo (eko) – the acoustics of a space (I think it … Continue reading →

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An A to Z of Japanese English Part Two- D

Posted on 14/07/2010 by alexcase

Updated: Complete list of Janglish now here: https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/janglish-dictionary/ Only had time for the one letter this time, but more coming next time I’m too uninspired to actually do more than a list, so shouldn’t be long… danball (danboru) – cardboard. … Continue reading →

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An A to Z of Japanese English Part One- A to C

Posted on 21/05/2010 by alexcase

UPDATE: Polished up version of the whole list, including PDF version, now available here. As with my A to Z of Konglish, this is supposed to be as full a list as I can possibly make and therefore to include … Continue reading →

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Three more ways of looking at theory and practice

Posted on 12/03/2010 by alexcase

The first is from the newish book From Experience to Knowledge in ELT (2009): “You may often hear a teacher say, It’s all right in theory, but it doesn’t work in practice. However, as authors and teachers, our position is … Continue reading →

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The possible effects of theory on teaching

Posted on 06/02/2010 by alexcase

I’m writing what could turn into a monster of an essay on theory and practice in the Cambridge DELTA Module 2 (= observed lessons and the accompanying essays), as part of which I brainstormed this list. If you can add … Continue reading →

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Michael J Wallace on science, theory and practice

Posted on 06/02/2010 by alexcase

All from Training Foreign Language Teachers, most of which seems to be viewable on Google Books here. “Atkins points out that craftsmen in metallurgy have been successfully making metals for hundreds of years, with apprentices learning from masters. However, the … Continue reading →

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Rod Ellis on theory and practice

Posted on 01/02/2010 by alexcase

“SLA research is not capable of providing teachers with recipes for successful practice. It should be treated as providing teachers with ‘insights’ which they can use to build their own explicit theory. It is on the basis of this theory- … Continue reading →

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How to cope with methodology books

Posted on 12/12/2009 by alexcase

Daaren E!!iott’s doubts about reading TEFL books as a way of improving your lessons and my desperate attempt to justify reading books about Korea as a form of CPD instead on building up my arm muscles with Rod Ellis’s The … Continue reading →

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