Category Archives: Error correction

The Alternative ELT Jargon Dictionary Part 10

Posted on 12/06/2008 by alexcase

BIELT- The British Institute of English Language Teaching, set up with the goals of establishing a framework of professional qualifications and a professional code of practice. It failed. BULATS- EFL testing euphemism for “bollocks” Cloze-

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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 →

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Christmas error correction

Posted on 17/12/2007 by alexcase

Will get onto combining grammar mistakes and Xmas lessons in a bit, but first:  I’ve become a bit of a cultural relativist in my old age, even accepting stuff that drives other people nuts like Japanese English, but this time … Continue reading →

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TEFL writing- done and done!

Posted on 17/08/2007 by alexcase

How to make writing fun seems to be a “popular” problem, so here is a list of links I promised someone on the TEFL.net forums: All good TEFLtastic writing fun: Writing games and worksheets Many apologies that most of it … Continue reading →

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Coming to you soon from Japan- Cool biz

Posted on 13/08/2007 by alexcase

They avoid using the expression in this IHT article on the Japanese government policy on getting people to dress down for the summer, but I think it is a good opportunity to continue my occassional “Japanese English” series of posts: Japanese … Continue reading →

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Those pesky emails are now done!

Posted on 07/08/2007 by alexcase

Trying to find fun stuff to practice emailling in class is one of the banes* of my life, so I think I deserve a little smugness on having come up with a new idea on how to do so. You … Continue reading →

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Daily Teaching Quote Part Four

Posted on 29/07/2007 by alexcase

“…researchers have also found, however, that the ability to understand the content and to function in (CLIL) classroom interaction does not ensure that students will continue to improve …in areas of accuracy on language… that does not usually interfere with … Continue reading →

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The Alternative ELT jargon dictionary Part Four

Posted on 25/07/2007 by alexcase

agreement– Verbs matching their pronouns, e.g. third person -s. If students make mistakes with this you can prompt them using this technical term, e.g. Student “My sister she get up at six and thirty” Teacher “Agreement” S “Sorry?” T “Your … Continue reading →

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The Alternative English teaching jargon dictionary Part Two

Posted on 24/07/2007 by alexcase

aptitude- your inbuilt ‘talent’ for learning languages. Not to be confused with ‘apitude’, which is your ability to make a realistic bee -like buzzing noise with your mouth. ARC- (Authentic, Restricted, Clarification). This more-flexible variation on PPP is thought by … Continue reading →

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Japanese English, Engrish, Japlish or just plain rubbish??

Posted on 13/07/2007 by alexcase

Giggling aloud to a Japanzine article on Engrish Japanese band names without a single feeling of middle class guilt that I might be insensitive in some way to some person made me finally face my demons and post my offending … Continue reading →

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