Category Archives: Requests

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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Getting students to use more complex functional language

Posted on 20/08/2014 by alexcase

An expanded version of an article of mine just published in English Teaching Professional magazine as Keep Moving On Part One – available here on TEFLtastic for free! One of the best language learning tips that I have used and passed … Continue reading →

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How to really teach imperatives

Posted on 16/08/2014 by alexcase

Updated 29 October 2018 Back in the bad old days of New Cambridge English Course and its like, most courses had a completely pointless unit teaching students to say “Turn off the lights” and “Don’t touch the paint”. That is … Continue reading →

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15 links for teaching requests and offers

Posted on 26/02/2013 by alexcase

Teaching requests being especially important for an L1-lite classroom. Page now including an article on how to do so and four new worksheets, with at least two more to come shortly: Requests and offers activities

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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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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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The language of requests teaching ideas

Posted on 29/12/2011 by alexcase

Article and seven worksheets on the topic here: Activities for the language of requests (article with game ideas) – LINK FIXED Requests and offers worksheets

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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

Free functional language worksheets

Posted on 02/11/2010 by alexcase

On sorting my Functional and Social English Games and other Worksheets out and adding links to relevant stuff on my Business/ESP and various textbook pages, I was surprised to find that I have about 60 of the little buggers, which is … Continue reading →

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New TEFL Articles and Worksheets April 2008

Posted on 01/05/2008 by alexcase

Hopefully it’s just Mayday bank holiday rather than my lack of effort TEFLtasticwise recently that has seen a sudden drop in my number of views, but if only to make myself feel better I thought I’d give a list of … Continue reading →

Posted in Body language in the classroom, Business English and ESP, Cross cultural training in EFL, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Difficult sounds, EFL exams, ELT management, Error correction, False friends, Functional language, Grammar, Learner training, Lesson observations, links, Listening, Materials, Medical and pharmaceutical English, Peer observations, Photocopiable worksheets, Problem students, Pronunciation, Reading, Requests, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TEFL games, Travel and tourism, Usingenglish, Vocabulary | 3 Comments