Category Archives: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

Three much missed funny TEFL blogs

Posted on 21/09/2021 by alexcase

While searching my blog for broken links, I found that English Droid had disappeared yet again and that English Teacher X and Chase Me Ladies were locked behind walls with invitations needed for entry. Luckily, my selections of highlights from … Continue reading →

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26 good and taboo questions activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 47)

Posted on 25/05/2021 by alexcase

The best thing you can teach students about almost any language point is how to ask and answer the kinds of questions related to that language which people really ask each other. However, doing just this more than a couple … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic blogroll updated

Posted on 03/05/2021 by alexcase

It’s the long “Golden Week” break here in Japan, so have had time to do my approximately once yearly look at the links on TEFLtastic. Was pleasantly surprised to see that since this time last year only one or two … Continue reading →

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Two nice new British and American English activities

Posted on 16/02/2021 by alexcase

It had been well over a year since I’d posted anything new on my worksheets page on UK and US English, but made up for lost time with this double whammy. The first idea was one I came up with … Continue reading →

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The most TEFLtastic photocopiables of 2020

Posted on 12/01/2021 by alexcase

Following on from my list of top articles from last year, here are the PDFs that I am most likely to use again in my own classes. In addition, there are over 900 pages of photocopiables in my three new … Continue reading →

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New Teaching Emailing book out now

Posted on 19/10/2020 by alexcase

300 photocopiable pages on opening and closing every kind of email, being formal and friendly, planning and paragraphing, fixing common emailing problems, etc – all with a surprising amount of classroom communication for a book on writing: Teaching Emailing: Interactive … Continue reading →

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How I accidentally became a TEFL scab

Posted on 09/08/2020 by alexcase

Getting back to work has been a very mixed bag for me here in Japan. On my regular Sundays I was down for the youngest and lowest level students who couldn’t really study online, so that was cancelled. Almost all … Continue reading →

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New ideas for coronavirus changes for EFL classes

Posted on 28/07/2020 by alexcase

Perhaps to justify teaching face to face when the infection numbers are as high as during lockdown, my schools have introduced and proposed some additional measures that you and your schools could also consider. They are also looking for more … Continue reading →

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29 linking learner training and specific language points activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 44)

Posted on 21/06/2020 by alexcase

I was wondering recently why my learner training page isn’t more popular, because what could be better than getting students to discuss how to learn a language while also practising the language point of the day? Then when I actually … Continue reading →

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Social distancing variations on TEFLtastic classics

Posted on 08/06/2020 by alexcase

I was planning to do a whole blog post or article on how to play classic TEFL games online and/ or with maximum distancing in the classroom. However, with 42 activities to both work out how to use in my … Continue reading →

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