Category Archives: Photocopiable worksheets

New Year, New worksheets

Bored of Xmas before it’s even arrived as usual, so here comes with the New Year theme ones instead: Xmas and New Year future tenses review Future Perfect New Year predictions New Year action and state verbs New Year resolutions … Continue reading

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Christmas is all about the kids, maaaan

Update: Full page of my Xmas stuff now here. Don’t know how and when it happened, but no kids’ classes at all this year so had no chance to see their happy and snotty little faces when doing the lessons … Continue reading

Posted in Adverbs of frequency, First conditional, Future tenses, Going to for future plans, Grammar, Learner training, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Teaching young learners, TESOL, video | Leave a comment

A couple more Xmas presents from your TEFL Santa

UPDATE: Full page of my many Xmas resources and ideas now here. More to come over the weekend, but here are a couple of stocking fillers to keep you happy until you can open the big lesson plans under the … Continue reading

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Putting the grammar back into Xmas

UPDATE: Full list of Xmas ideas and materials now here. Putting the seasonal cheer back into grammar (and putting the grammar back into Xmas) Some of you might be thinking that the problem with Xmas today is an excess of … Continue reading

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Flashcard games, Grammar, Grammar games, Lesson planning, links, Listening, Modals, Modals of deduction, Pairwork and groupwork, Passives, Photocopiable worksheets, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Present simple for routines etc., Present tenses, Songs with adults, Teaching low levels, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL games, TPR, Using songs with kids | 2 Comments

A TEFLtastic link up

If any of you guys are feeling as tired as I am this morning (even those of you who didn’t discover a reasonably priced source of German beer last night), I can see why the page hit stats take a … Continue reading

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TEFLtastic fun and games Part two- Business problems roleplays

It’s all getting a bit “TEFLtastic with no irony intended” round here with all these fun and games I’m putting up. Maybe I’m too tired to even be sarcastic…  Anyway, here is my latest attempt to make none of us … Continue reading

Posted in Answerphone messages, Business and ESP writing, Business English and ESP, Email, Memos, Notes, Photocopiable worksheets, TEFL, TEFL games, Telephoning, Text messages (SMS), Writing | Leave a comment

TEFL fun and games Part one- Guess me!

Mondays are not a day for pontificating, and anyway I’m a bit ponficated out at the moment, so here are some fun and games instead- This is one that fits into my ultimate TEFL desert island survival game kit. It … Continue reading

Posted in adjective plus preposition, Adjectives, Grammar, Grammar games, Mixed conditionals, Photocopiable worksheets, PPP (Presentation practice production), Present perfect, Second conditional, Staging, TEFL, TEFL games, Third conditional | Leave a comment

How to pass IELTS Speaking

First of all, just because it’s funny, here’s a native speaker who wouldn’t pass the IELTS Speaking Part Three: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj3iNxZ8Dww To make sure your students aren’t reduced to such levels of incoherence, here is a whole stack of IELTS speaking materials: … Continue reading

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