Category Archives: Teaching English in Europe

Why are so many Spanish neurotic about their English?

Posted on 14/07/2010 by alexcase

They ain’t the Dutch or Danish, they are probably right when they repeat over and over that they have worse listening comprehension than the Portuguese because most things are dubbed in Spain, and no one is going to outdo the … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Spain | 4 Comments

Teaching in the Czech Republic- Then and Now

Posted on 18/05/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece from John of Rogers is (Soon to Be) in Qatar blog, who is soon not to be in the Czech Republic and so very kindly agreed to write a summary of his experiences for TEFLtastic: “The Czech … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English in the Czech Republic | 3 Comments

Telegraph TEFL

Posted on 13/04/2010 by alexcase

Not being exactly politically in tune with the Torygraph, I had no idea such a section existed until someone who writes for it emailed me a couple of days ago. As it’s mixed in with the rest of the Expat Education … Continue reading →

Posted in Englishteacherx, links, Teaching English in Germany, Teaching English in Thailand, Teaching young learners, Telegraph TEFL | 7 Comments

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 →

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Idioms, TEFL in the UK | 1 Comment

Sir Lez Patterson on UK TEFL

Posted on 22/03/2010 by alexcase

A different kind of TEFL article- one that really should be in ETP and MET more, but is always welcome on TEFL.net: Foreign Students Go Walkabout – LINK FIXED More on this: Save UK ELT Number 10 petition The whole ridiculous … Continue reading →

Posted in TEFL in the UK | Tagged | Leave a comment

EFL and ESOL: worlds apart?

Posted on 28/02/2010 by alexcase

 A guest piece by winner of the TEFLtastic award for most interesting recent blog/ most recent interesting blog, 26 Letters “First, a warning: for the sake of brevity, in this post I’m going to employ ridiculous, sweeping generalisations about adult … Continue reading →

Posted in ESOL in the UK, TEFL in the UK, textbooks | 26 Comments

TEFL economics

Posted on 21/02/2010 by alexcase

is a thought provoking post with a ESOL slant on what looks like becoming a very interesting new blog, 26 Letters.

Posted in links, TEFL blogs, TEFL in the UK | 2 Comments

The end of accreditation?

Posted on 30/01/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece by Jason West of English Out There: “In my opinion accreditation is now an anachonism. The path that most ‘self-regulating’ accrediting bodies take is counter productive to their collective and continued good health. When you get a … Continue reading →

Posted in Accreditation UK, ARELS, British Council accreditation, TEFL in the UK | 5 Comments

The most TEFLtastic attempts at humour in 2009

Posted on 29/12/2009 by alexcase

Wasn’t a great year for humour on TEFLtastic (must be taking my job seriously in my old age?!), but I did manage my most successful spoof yet, if not quite up to the standard of UN to Ban Unnecessary Languages: Don’t Do the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Dogme, links, notes from the TEFL graveyard, Teaching English in Spain, Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL, TEFL blogs, TEFL in the UK, TEFL interview questions, TEFL Tradesman, The Silent Way | Tagged | 5 Comments

Using L1 in class (or not)

Posted on 28/12/2009 by alexcase

I basically don’t, but I have observed a few teachers who do so well (amongst the vast majority who do so badly) and look back on some of my own ways of avoiding it as a waste of time and … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English in Turkey, TEFL blogs, Using L1 in class | 4 Comments