Category Archives: Alternative teaching techniques

Some nice quotes about Rules Patterns and Words

Posted on 26/06/2009 by alexcase

Unsurprisingly, all taken from the book of the same name (some of which is viewable on Google Books here): “When our students produce accurate question tags, we feel we and they have succeeded. When they fail to do so, we … Continue reading →

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The other side of Oxford Street

Posted on 16/06/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by “Holden Coalfield” “‘No thanks’, I said to the leafleter who offered me and everyone else a flyer for an English school as I walked out of Oxford Circus tube into this crowded and surprisingly tacky centre … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Cambridge Delta, CELTA, Dodgy TEFL school owners, ELT management, finding good TEFL jobs, first TEFL job, Job security, Learner motivation, Oxford Street schools, Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL in the UK, TEFL qualifications, TEFL scams, TEFL working conditions | Tagged | 6 Comments

Another reason not to jump on the CLIL bandwagon?

Posted on 14/06/2009 by alexcase

“in 1999 a…study by Dr. Allan Bernardo of De La Salle University investigated the effects of different learner and instructional factors on solving arithmetic word problems among grade school students. The results showed better comprehension and solution performance when the … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, CLIL, links, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Malaysia, Teaching English in the Phillipines, Teaching young learners, TEFL | Tagged , | 2 Comments

Psychology for English teachers May 09 Part Two

Posted on 27/05/2009 by alexcase

From the article “All together now” in Scientific American Mind April/ May 2009Chip Heath and Scott S. Wiltermuth got groups of students to march around the Stanford university campus and tested them against other groups who just strolled together along … Continue reading →

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TEFL links of the month April 09

Posted on 18/04/2009 by alexcase

Bondage as a common TEFL advertising theme from Gaba in Japan and EF in China, from More on Weirdo Language School Ads– The Atlantic “Spaced learning” (nothing to do with drugs, despite the name) and other new teaching methods that … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, EF, Eikaiwa, ELT publishing, Gaba, Grammar books, Guardian TEFL, links, Pearson Longman, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in China, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching English in Thailand, TEFL, TEFL chains, Wall Street | Tagged , | 2 Comments

History for ESL students

Posted on 12/04/2009 by alexcase

Updated 13 June 2022 I am in no way an expert in either history or CLIL, but as I’ve written this material and there didn’t seem to be much available when I was looking thought I may as well put … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, Conditionals, conjunctions, Determiners and articles, Future tenses, Grammar games, infinitive of purpose, Modals, past tenses, Prepositions, reported speech, Second conditional, Teaching methods and methodologies, TEFL, Will for predictions | 11 Comments

Listenings – why bother?

Posted on 29/03/2009 by alexcase

A guest piece by Andy Mallory “‘Doing a listening’ is a bit of TEFLese that has all but dropped out of my vocabulary of late. It’s still a staple of coursebooks, usually accompanied by a little cassette symbol (maybe a … Continue reading →

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New month, new TEFL soundbites

Posted on 05/03/2009 by alexcase

… or actually more old ones, as these are also by Joan Taber like the last lot and so from a couple of years ago: “”Like bestsellers, pop stars, and ice-cream flavors, second-language theories and methodologies enjoy a few afternoons … Continue reading →

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Interview- Jason West Dishes on Guardian Languages and Sets the TEFL World to Rights!

Posted on 04/01/2009 by alexcase

It’s a great interview, stimulating, controversial, and full of TEFL insider tidbits. So many ideas did the CEO of English Out There have, in fact, that it takes a good 10 minutes to read. Please feel free to leave questions … Continue reading →

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New Teaching English Reviews and Articles Dec 08 Part Two

Posted on 01/01/2009 by alexcase

Before I get onto the shameless selling of my own articles, I’d like to thank all TEFL.net book reviewers from 2008 (Kelly Quinn, Lara Promnitz-Hayashi, Dave Allen, Janis Crolla, Stephen Lodziak, Nicholas Whitely, Katie Cordes, Joshua Antle, Kaithe Greene, Paula Swenson, … Continue reading →

Posted in CLIL, EFL exams, ELT publishing, Error correction, Error correction games, Grammar, links, Materials, Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL games, TEFL reviews, TOEIC, Writing | Tagged | 3 Comments