Category Archives: Self-study materials

Recommended free Elementary and Pre-Int business self-study materials

Posted on 13/09/2021 by alexcase

This is a list of the best A1 and A2 level materials I could find online. I made this for my students to use while they were waiting for their one-to-one tutorials, to discuss afterwards, and hopefully to use to … Continue reading →

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Better self-study materials

Posted on 29/05/2016 by alexcase

Just published two articles on the topic of improving self-study books, homework materials, etc. 20 things wrong with most self-study materials Activities that match the questions in students’ heads After reading them, you can check out my attempt at making … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic e-book – Really Learn the Most Useful Telephone Phrases

Posted on 09/05/2016 by alexcase

After 20 years in TEFL and more than ten publishing my ideas and worksheets, I’ve finally put together a whole book of materials – and one that goes against almost everything I’ve done so far. First of all, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Copyright and the TEFL teacher

Posted on 05/04/2009 by alexcase

I had a thought provoking email from one of the TEFL.net book reviewers last week. When I told them to “not rush the review and try the book out in class as much as they like”, they came back with … Continue reading →

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Korean euphemisms?

Posted on 06/10/2008 by alexcase

This is when my studies with the Lonely Planet phrasebook started getting completely out of hand, I think I might have been just short of giggling like a school boy on the train at one point… Not that hysterics is … Continue reading →

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Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook for Pervs

Posted on 01/10/2008 by alexcase

Here is another attempt of mine to cope with my complete lack of language learning motivation, Playstation-generation attention span and need for something new every couple of hours. And the new method is- trying to find as many rude things … Continue reading →

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My Lonely Planet is full of eels

Posted on 17/09/2008 by alexcase

Here are some actual sentences taught in the Lonely Planet Korean phrasebook which, while not quite “My hovercraft is full of eels”, tickled me once I realised that trying to find silliness was another whole motivation for using language learning … Continue reading →

Posted in Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, Materials, Self-study materials, Teaching English in Korea, TEFL | Tagged , , | 3 Comments

Anyone can learn a language in just three months

Posted on 05/09/2008 by alexcase

If you don’t believe me, before you buy one of language courses for just 100 dollars* have a free trial of one of our other “…in just three months” ® courses, for example: – Anyone can learn to run 100 … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles etc August 08

Posted on 01/09/2008 by alexcase

It was a quiet month (if you don’t count the sound of the cicadas), but that will just give you the chance to read all of them for once, starting with a new series of “well balanced…” articles on Usingenglish.com: … Continue reading →

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Surprises about English spelling

Posted on 27/07/2008 by alexcase

More bits and pieces that I didn’t know, had never thought about or had doubts about from The Cambridge Grammar of English: – The reason why you don’t double the p in “developing” is because the previous vowel isn’t stressed. … Continue reading →

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