Category Archives: textbooks

EFL textbook editions between editions

Posted on 25/03/2013 by alexcase

Mistakes in EFL textbooks like wrong answer keys and typos are nothing new, though I’d swear they are becoming more common. There has also been a totally new (for me?) variation in the last couple of years: – I’m reading … Continue reading →

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Market Leader Intermediate New Edition worksheets

Posted on 06/07/2011 by alexcase

I’m teaching from this book yet again, so have polished up my worksheet pages while trying to remember what I used to do with it. It’s a work in progress, but if you click on any of the unit index … Continue reading →

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Kaizen TEFL

Posted on 16/10/2010 by alexcase

I would love to be able to come up with a catchy name or consistent philosophy (like Dogme) for the process that I described in my worksheets post below, but long-winded and random are much more my personal ways of doing things. … Continue reading →

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The dreaded last unit

Posted on 14/10/2010 by alexcase

Of all the changes in ELT publishing since I’ve been teaching, the worst has to be the five year plans that lead to a book being launched in August 2012 however ready it is or, more likely, isn’t. A prime example of … Continue reading →

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Why are Advanced level textbooks so crap?

Posted on 11/09/2010 by alexcase

I’m not a huge fan of Cutting Hedges, but Cutting Edge Advanced makes me dream of the day when I can get back to New Cutting Edge Int again. Ditto for Headway, which I actually don’t mind until it gets … Continue reading →

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Next time a publisher tries to sell you a new textbook

Posted on 15/03/2010 by alexcase

… remind them that there is already a title available that is, according to their own website, ‘Flexible, stimulating, enjoyable, simply PERFECT.’ That’s right, it’s The New Cambridge English Course, still being sold and with its own brand new, funky … Continue reading →

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Random ideas 3- English at Home, English Away

Posted on 14/03/2010 by alexcase

This is my idea for a glocal textbook range that I’d be happy to use if anyone else writes it (as I know I’ll never manage anything longer than 3000 words), so am more than happy to just give away. … Continue reading →

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EFL and ESOL: worlds apart?

Posted on 28/02/2010 by alexcase

 A guest piece by winner of the TEFLtastic award for most interesting recent blog/ most recent interesting blog, 26 Letters “First, a warning: for the sake of brevity, in this post I’m going to employ ridiculous, sweeping generalisations about adult … Continue reading →

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TEFL book reviews online

Posted on 14/02/2010 by alexcase

TEFL.net TEFL reviews (also includes paid websites, CD ROMs etc) TESL-EJ (seemingly no way to navigate by category, so need to look at reviews in each edition. Quite US leaning) And only for subscribers MET magazine ELTJ

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Interview- TEFL Hero Jon Marks on the life of a full-time TEFL writer

Posted on 31/12/2009 by alexcase

It’s been a while since I’ve used the TEFL hero category, and I’ve even stripped some people of the honour (and Sandy MacManus has been pretty close a couple of times), but I’m glad I kept it going because Jon Marks deserves it for … Continue reading →

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