Category Archives: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

New e-book

Posted on 08/07/2026 by alexcase

Over 500 photocopiable pages on requests, offers, making arrangements, complimenting and about every other conceivable function, at just a penny a page. Details here and buy a copy here. Also ties that language in with things which are more likely … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic is now TEFLtastic.com

Posted on 28/06/2026 by alexcase

– ad free, easier to find, and with more e-books. All the links, pdfs, etc seem to be working fine after the change, but please leave a comment anywhere you can if you find something that needs fixing.

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My TEFL race against time

Posted on 29/10/2025 by alexcase

My daughter is well into her second term at Japanese high school, so I now only need the world of TEFL to survive another two and half years before my in-laws’ university savings account kicks in and I can achieve … Continue reading →

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New TEFLtastic photocopiables on almost everything coming soon

Posted on 24/07/2025 by alexcase

A mere 18 years into the history of TEFLtastic, I have finally found time to have an actual plan for new PDFs so that there will be a good mix of topics as the months go by. Instead of yet … Continue reading →

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My most debated and commented on articles

Posted on 09/10/2024 by alexcase

Not quite a representative sample of my articles that people have taken most interest in (as most don’t have a comments function), but a mix of ones with strong opinions that you could join the debate on and ones with … Continue reading →

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28 pages of new free IELTS Reading classroom materials

Posted on 23/07/2024 by alexcase

Have produced a sudden flurry of new materials to prepare students for IELTS Reading, some also linking to other IELTS papers. Not yet enough IELTS Reading stuff to add another title to my collection of Teaching IELTS… e-books, so that … Continue reading →

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Grammar in Xmas lessons links

Posted on 13/12/2023 by alexcase

I gave teaching tips and PDFs for tenses in Xmas lesson here, so this page is the same for other grammar points like modals, prepositions and adjectives. Teaching tenses in Xmas lessons links Teaching grammar in Xmas lessons article Adverbs … Continue reading →

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Teaching tenses Xmas lessons

Posted on 11/12/2023 by alexcase

Teaching past, present and future verb forms in end of the year lessons tips and photocopiables: Teaching tenses in Christmas lessons article Present tenses Xmas photocopiables Present Simple Xmas photocopiables It is and they are Xmas photocopiables It is and … Continue reading →

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Business communication reviews (TEFLtastic Classics Part 51)

Posted on 10/01/2023 by alexcase

Often after my last TEFLtastic Classic (needs and instant personalised practice), I often start business courses with a big review of the basic language for electronic and face-to-face communication, with materials like these: First contact and further contact picking roleplays … Continue reading →

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Latest and greatest on TEFLtastic

Posted on 26/07/2022 by alexcase

A list of new content on TEFLtastic, sometimes mixed with classic materials that are well worth remembering. Updated every couple of days. See here for e-books, here for other photocopiables, here for articles, and here for how to support TEFLtastic. … Continue reading →

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