Category Archives: EFL exams

New TEFL stuff 2022 H1*

Posted on 13/06/2022 by alexcase

Much less stuff than in the good ole days, but hopefully less quantity finally means more quality. Latest items top of each section. New TEFL e-book Teaching IELTS Speaking: Interactive Classroom Activities (over 300 pages on tips, vocabulary, functional language phrases, … Continue reading →

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New Teaching IELTS Speaking e-book out now

Posted on 31/05/2022 by alexcase

As Teaching IELTS Writing: Interactive Classroom Activities seems to have been quite popular, I’ve now put together over 300 photocopiable pages of thoroughly classroom-tested materials that help really teach (not just practise) IELTS Speaking: Teaching IELTS Speaking: Interactive Classroom Activities … Continue reading →

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New Teaching IELTS Writing e-book

Posted on 12/04/2021 by alexcase

My latest magnus opus provides over 300 pages of stimulating intensive practice of IELTS Academic Writing language, planning techniques and editing of typical mistakes: Teaching IELTS Writing: Interactive Classroom Activities– NEW As usual, buying a copy not only gives you … Continue reading →

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New Aptis tips and materials page

Posted on 27/07/2019 by alexcase

Not sure how many students and teachers are interested in actually preparing for Aptis, but as I seem to be the only person to have published games and photocopiable worksheets on the topic, am hoping for a large market share … Continue reading →

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New grammar for IELTS page

Posted on 09/04/2019 by alexcase

New article, new worksheets, old worksheets and places for upcoming worksheets on the most vital grammar points for IELTS on my new page on the topic here: IELTS grammar page

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Updated guide to Cambridge Proficiency books

Posted on 05/03/2019 by alexcase

I’ve recently been researching the next book for my Cambridge CPE class and found that all the info online is out of date, so thought I’d summarise my findings here. I also have my own C2 Proficiency e-book here and … Continue reading →

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More bad IELTS tips

Posted on 18/02/2019 by alexcase

I recently published a list of 32 bad IELTS tips. That seemed like a lot, but then I remembered even more bad advice from textbooks, websites and students which I think is worth a mention. Would love to hear other people’s ideas too. … Continue reading →

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New supplementary materials for Cambridge FCE textbooks pages

Posted on 23/06/2016 by alexcase

One whole new section created, one much expanded due to a reader motivating me to find and put up about 20 worksheets I’d forgotten about, and one just renamed to make it easier to find: Objective First page – NEW Complete … Continue reading →

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22 key word sentence transformations links

Posted on 02/04/2016 by alexcase

Just in case you didn’t notice in the last post, a brief heads up that I’ve gone a little FCE sentence transformations crazy over the last couple of months, with an article and loads of new worksheets. I’ve also added … Continue reading →

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30 new TEFL articles and worksheets (Spring 2016)

Posted on 28/03/2016 by alexcase

A fairly typical amount of new stuff on Usingenglish.com and on TEFLtastic, though in my humble opinion the quality is getting a little better all the time… Help and Hindrance in IELTS Listening Whose is this Whose are these Possessives personalised … Continue reading →

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