Category Archives: The Silent Way

Experimental lessons

Posted on 03/03/2010 by alexcase

Was hoping some of you could help me brainstorm things that could be done for the Cambridge DELTA experimental practice lesson, as well as any other advice on being experimental that they may have. The main difficulty in the DELTA is that you need … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge Delta, CLIL, Community language learning, Dogme, Humanistic language teaching, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), Suggestopedia, TEFL, The Callam Method, The Silent Way, Using L1 in class | 16 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

The Alternative TEFL Jargon dictionary Part 11

Posted on 06/07/2008 by alexcase

Anthropological linguists- Studying the feuds and other interactions of linguists as if they were a Papua New Guinea tribe Contrastive analysis- trying to work out what the picture on a bad photocopy is when asked to talk about it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Teaching English in Asia, TEFL, The Silent Way, TPR | Tagged , | Leave a comment

The Alternative ELT Jargon Dictionary Part 7

Posted on 06/06/2008 by alexcase

Community Language Learning– The theory that students getting together at break time to bitch about British food and their teacher is the best way of drawing them together and increasing their motivation to learn DoS– Director of Studies. Often confused … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Community language learning, CPD, links, Pairwork and groupwork, Peer observations, Suggestopedia, The Silent Way, Usingenglish | Tagged , | Leave a comment

JALT highlights- TEFL oyaji gag* of the day

Posted on 15/01/2008 by alexcase

“What do you know about the Silent Way?” “Not much,… …nobody really talks about it anymore.” Laugh? I nearly did! (to use a Blackadder joke that is nearly as sad as the TEFL joke I’m trying to take the piss … Continue reading →

Posted in ELT publishing, IELTS, JALT, The Silent Way | Tagged , | 2 Comments