Category Archives: EFL exams

Supplementary games/ worksheets for Objective IELTS Advanced

Posted on 04/10/2013 by alexcase

29 relevant links now up here: Objective IELTS Advanced classroom materials Similar for IELTS Masterclass, IELTS Graduation, Focus on IELTS and every part of the IELTS Academic exam on my main IELTS page here.  

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IELTS Writing materials page reorganised and expanded

Posted on 03/10/2013 by alexcase

Never understood why my IELTS Speaking pages are more popular than this section, given that writing is often something students need to work on and it’s difficult to deal with actually in class. Classroom photocopiables now divided into pages for … Continue reading →

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Loadsamoney for researching testing

Posted on 09/09/2013 by alexcase

Cambridge are offering up to 15,000 pounds for researching their tests, and the British Council has a whole bunch of awards and prizes of up to 17,500 pounds for similar research, although in their case they don’t say it has … Continue reading →

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100 years of Cambridge ESOL timeline

Posted on 17/08/2013 by alexcase

As promised, here the more useful but less interesting list of dates and events, to accompany my list of more interesting but less useful stats and my review of the book they all came from. 1857 – Founding of the University … Continue reading →

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Cambridge ESOL by numbers

Posted on 16/08/2013 by alexcase

I’ve just published a review of Cambridge English Exams The First Hundred Years. Although it’s got plenty of interesting tidbits (many of which I’ve mentioned in my review), the info isn’t exactly easy to find. I’m therefore going to publish this list of … Continue reading →

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Cambridge FCE ideas and materials section massively expanded

Posted on 29/07/2013 by alexcase

The last list was so long, I only had time to briefly mention the fact that I’ve gone on a First Certificate frenzy. So much so that I’ve had to split the relevant index page into ones on the different … Continue reading →

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New education vocabulary page

Posted on 20/04/2013 by alexcase

Particularly useful for listening in academic exams like IELTS and ToEFL, and also for Part One of speaking exams like FCE and CAE – but also for anyone who might ever need to explain their past, present or future education. … Continue reading →

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New ELT articles and worksheets November 2012

Posted on 26/11/2012 by alexcase

Good for articles but not so hot for worksheets this month: Articles Comparative adjective games Advantages and disadvantages of using authentic texts in class Collocations games Different methods for ELT brainstorming Teaching the Future Perfect tense Prepositions for YLs – LINK … Continue reading →

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EFL exams – 150 worksheets/ links now easier to find

Posted on 18/11/2012 by alexcase

Loads for IELTS (including for all papers and three specific textbooks), BULATS and FCE, plus some bits and pieces on TOEIC, CAE, CPE and ToEFL: EFL exam games/ materials

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IELTS Writing and trends pages sorted

Posted on 14/10/2012 by alexcase

I’m doing all my best pages first, so please ignore these posts in a couple of weeks when I start scraping the barrel. In the meantime, I highly recommend these two: IELTS Writing games/ worksheets Language of trends communicationg games/ … Continue reading →

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