Category Archives: IELTS

New fun (?) EFL worksheets and teaching ideas December 2011

Posted on 30/12/2011 by alexcase

I know you have better things to do than look at a list like this – me too, but I’ve been planning to write it for a week and I have to do it now or the year in the post … Continue reading →

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IELTS Reading worksheets and teaching ideas

Posted on 15/12/2011 by alexcase

I know there’s been a lot of links and few words recently but really have now already said absolutely everything I can possibly find to say about reading in IELTS in these… IELTS Reading games/ worksheets … although actually putting … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles and worksheets November 2011

Posted on 30/11/2011 by alexcase

I’ve mentioned some of these in my posts on tips and useful language etc, but the ones near the top of each section are those that have just gone up and I haven’t linked to before: Articles Teaching grammar in Business … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic writing, BULATS, Business and ESP writing, Cambridge First Certificate, comparatives, Complaints, Future tenses, IELTS Speaking, IELTS Writing, Language of meetings, Modals of possibility probability, Politeness, Reports, Requests, Social English, teleconference, unreal past | 2 Comments

32 tips and useful phrases activities (TEFLtastic classics Part 4)

Posted on 16/11/2011 by alexcase

As I warned in a previous post, this is an idea that I really am exploiting as much as humanly possible. I don’t feel too guilty, though, because it is a good one: How to do tips and useful phrases … Continue reading →

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Teaching IELTS Reading

Posted on 14/11/2011 by alexcase

Actually teaching reading ain’t easy, and having to do so for a high stakes exam that any level of student could take doesn’t exactly take the pressure off, but here are my collections of ideas that I’ve gathered since a … Continue reading →

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New ELT worksheets and articles October 2011

Posted on 28/10/2011 by alexcase

Articles The advantages and disadvantages of blind observations When the demands of the students and the person who is paying clash Why does my teacher make me correct my own answers? Why does my teacher stop me using my dictionary? … Continue reading →

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IELTS PDF classroom handouts

Posted on 15/09/2011 by alexcase

Now all PDF and so easier to print, take to your classroom and hand out, which was always kind of the point of printable handouts come to think of it… Apologies to those who had to paste into Word and edit … Continue reading →

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Lots of lovely new articles and worksheets

Posted on 24/07/2011 by alexcase

Actually, I have no way of judging the loveliness of my own stuff, of course, just had a nice ring to it. Actually, lots could be an exaggeration too… Articles Adverbs of frequency games – LINK FIXED What your students need … Continue reading →

Posted in Adverbs of frequency, BULATS, Cambridge First Certificate, Email, English for architects, IELTS Speaking, Present simple for routines etc., Teaching numbers | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in BULATS, Business English and ESP, Cambridge First Certificate, EFL exams, IELTS, TEFL | 5 Comments

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 →

Posted in BULATS, Collocations, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Email, IELTS, IELTS Writing, Present perfect, Present simple/ continuous, Teaching numbers | Leave a comment