Category Archives: BULATS

More new worksheets

Posted on 11/07/2011 by alexcase

For telephone interviews, IELTS, FCE, BULATS, business meetings, emailing, and architects. More on FCE and English for architects coming soon. Useful phrases for IELTS Writing Part One Use of English-style exercises for common FCE Speaking Part One mistakes Reporting verbs … Continue reading →

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New English teaching worksheets June 2011

Posted on 06/06/2011 by alexcase

Some nice ones in this bunch, I reckon. Then again, I was quite proud of my hideously over-complicated telephoning lesson on Onestopenglish when it first went up… Big emailing functional language review Different kinds of IELTS Writing Part Two questions (in … Continue reading →

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New ELT photocopiables April 2011

Posted on 23/04/2011 by alexcase

Many thanks again to Usingenglish.com  for putting these up, and for motivating me to do answer keys etc – something my students are appreciating too! In no particular order: Teleconferences and video conferences stages game (a much neglected point made … Continue reading →

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New photocopiable worksheets March 2011 Part Two

Posted on 31/03/2011 by alexcase

These are just in reverse chronological order by when they went up, so you’ll need to use your skimming and scanning skills. A couple each on the topics of relationships, proverbs, how to say numbers, business English and BULATS (again). … Continue reading →

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New UsingEnglish worksheets Mar 2011

Posted on 06/03/2011 by alexcase

Being like like the TEFLtastic worksheets that I used to plug every month before my blog protested, but with proper formatting, answer keys etc. Another reason to be grateful to WordPress! Big numbers in British and American English Telephoning practice … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, BULATS, Dependent prepositions, nationality adjectives, Photocopiable worksheets, Teaching numbers, Telephoning, TOEIC, verb patterns | Comments Off on New UsingEnglish worksheets Mar 2011

BULATS Materials

Posted on 16/02/2011 by alexcase

My BULATS worksheets BULATS Writing worksheets page BULATS Speaking worksheets page Reviews and links to books for BULATS Success with BULATS/ Achieve BULATS review Essential BULATS (a slightly glossier-looking textbook than those above, and actually from Cambridge, but haven’t used … Continue reading →

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Success with BULATS/ Achieve BULATS review

Posted on 16/02/2011 by alexcase

Success with BULATS Summertown Publishing Nick Brieger and Jeremy Comfort Achieve BULATS Russell Whitehead and Mark Harrison Since I was told in a workshop for BULATS oral and writing examiners a few months ago that from an examiner’s point of … Continue reading →

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ETS to introduce new exam for teachers

Posted on 16/05/2009 by alexcase

Their spokesman said “With IELTS increasingly taking over from TOEFL, BULATS eating away at TOEIC, Eiken expanding in Japan and the Korean government introducing its own English language exams, we were worried that the level of English teaching in Asia … Continue reading →

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Live by tepid spirit*

Posted on 17/10/2008 by alexcase

I write my “15 ways…” articles and teaching ideas in the spirit that even if what I put in there is painfully obvious, sometimes seeing something written down can help clarify an idea that was floating round somewhere at the back … Continue reading →

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The Alternative ELT Jargon Dictionary Part 10

Posted on 12/06/2008 by alexcase

BIELT- The British Institute of English Language Teaching, set up with the goals of establishing a framework of professional qualifications and a professional code of practice. It failed. BULATS- EFL testing euphemism for “bollocks” Cloze-

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