Category Archives: Politeness

22 politeness competition games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 13)

Posted on 14/05/2013 by alexcase

The most fun and intensive way of practising formality. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  An easy to organise and fun game  for all kinds of polite language. Students choose one of the rude sentences … 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

It’s a games games games games games games TEFLtastic world- Politeness competition

Posted on 07/09/2007 by alexcase

Here’s another nice one for Business English classes, study abroad classes and others. You can also turn it into a board game. I could too, of course, but quite frankly I think I’ve done enough for one week… Politeness competition … Continue reading →

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