Category Archives: Classroom management

Englishlessonhandouts articles for teachers boxset

Posted on 25/10/2023 by alexcase

It’s been nearly a year, so I guess we will never see the long-awaited Season 2 of my series of englishlessonhandouts.com articles. However, I think Season 1 works as a standalone series, as it covers everything I had left to … Continue reading →

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Getting students to ask you questions

Posted on 17/05/2012 by alexcase

Analysis of why they don’t ask questions even when they have them and some possible solutions just up here: Dealing with students who are reluctant to ask questions

Posted in Classroom management, Teaching shy students | 1 Comment

What your favourite seating plan says about you

Posted on 19/07/2011 by alexcase

A circle or horseshoe of seats with the teacher at the front – You are an exhibitionist. Do you by any chance find yourself regularly needing to go to the garden or balcony semi-dressed to rescue the washing, get your … Continue reading →

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Holding our students back

Posted on 27/03/2011 by alexcase

Back when I was just a year or two off the RSA/ Cambridge CTEFLA, I remember one of my biggest worries was the way that the best students got even better quicker than the worst ones improved and the already … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles Feb 2011

Posted on 22/02/2011 by alexcase

The first is one of my pieces for MET that I’ve started putting up on the blog, and the rest are my usual monthly supply for TEFL.net and EnglishClub.com: Drawing On Drawing Games Part One – Pictionary Dealing with dominating … Continue reading →

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Getting to Know You games and activities

Posted on 20/09/2010 by alexcase

As useful as it might be for people starting new classes around now, I thought a whole blog post just to big up my new article on finding things in common was a bit too much blowing my own trumpet … Continue reading →

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The CELTA Ten Commandments

Posted on 12/06/2010 by alexcase

Say what you like about the Ten Commandments (unrealistic, need a scary fake God to make people pay attention, etc), I think we all must admit that we’d improve our lives and the world by keeping it in mind not to lust … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, Eliciting, Pairwork and groupwork, TEFL, TEFL certificate, Using a whiteboard | Tagged | 16 Comments

New UsingEnglish.com stuff

Posted on 09/06/2010 by alexcase

The EFL Dictionary of Football is up to I and still lots of fun- get involved and add your own favourite idioms (“nutmeg” is already in, but haven’t decided about “park the bus” yet) Other worksheets and articles: Classroom language for … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Discipline in the classroom, English through craftwork, pelmanism, Prepositions, sports vocabulary, Teaching young learners, Usingenglish | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Keeping YLs on Task – Part Two

Posted on 08/05/2010 by alexcase

Another great guest piece from Leahn Stanhope. She also somehow finds time to regularly update her own blog, so give EarlyEFL a look. If you don’t teach kids, Back Up Plan is a thought provoking post for all of us.  … Continue reading →

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Keeping YLs on Task Part One

Posted on 20/04/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece by new(ish) blogger Leahn Stanhope http://www.earlyefl.blogspot.com “Part of the battle of teaching YLs (young learners) is keeping them interested and on task. Here is the first part of a series of activities that I have tried and … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Discipline in the classroom, Teaching teenagers, Teaching young learners, TEFL blogs | Tagged | 5 Comments