Category Archives: Photocopiable worksheets

New TEFL stuff summer 2020

Posted on 29/08/2020 by alexcase

This is usually the time of year when I prove how busy I’ve been while the rest of you have been dossing off on the beach or getting paid to herd around kids in identical backpacks, and also make sure … Continue reading →

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New silent letters lists, article, PDFs and links

Posted on 12/08/2020 by alexcase

Although you can argue about the usefulness of teaching intonation, using minimal pairs, etc, I don’t think anyone can fail to appreciate the usefulness and instant impact of learning which letters in words are written but not pronounced. For example, … Continue reading →

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New household vocabulary page

Posted on 30/07/2020 by alexcase

I’m planning to write an article or two on the topic, but so far already have 16 PDFs on rooms and furniture vocabulary, plus links to five related picture books, four related songs, my architecture page, my (newly tidied up) … Continue reading →

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New Teaching Telephoning e-book out now!

Posted on 21/07/2020 by alexcase

While the rest of you were taking up new hobbies and having Zoom parties (?), I used my lockdown to finally keep my promise to those who were kind enough to buy a copy of my one of my previous … Continue reading →

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New TEFL PDFs and articles 2020 Q2

Posted on 28/06/2020 by alexcase

Loads on my new favourite topics reporting verbs, verb patterns and subject questions, but also business communication reviews, social English, tenses, inversion, there is/ are, crime vocabulary, clothes vocabulary, animal vocabulary, academic writing (specifically the neglected topic of writing academic … Continue reading →

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New TEFL PDFs 2020 Q1

Posted on 31/03/2020 by alexcase

Can’t say that it was planned, but in the last three months have managed a nice mix of language points including some on previously neglected points like indirect questions. All of these are available as PDFs to save and keep, … Continue reading →

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Discussing your week(end) to practise particular language (TEFLtastic Classics 42)

Posted on 09/03/2020 by alexcase

This is a combination of two recent posts, being a particular kind of small talk to practise different kinds of language, and also a classic but difficult to find page.  Discussing your week and weekend to practise grammar Discussing your … Continue reading →

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Small talk for specific language points (TEFLtastic Classics Part 41)

Posted on 19/02/2020 by alexcase

There is perhaps no smoother introduction to and no more realistic way of practising language than a set of especially chosen small talk questions. These could be questions including the grammar etc that you want to practise, e.g. small talk … Continue reading →

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36 functions card games (TEFLtastic Classics Part 40)

Posted on 12/02/2020 by alexcase

As usual with this series of posts on the most adaptable activities in TEFL, this game is simplicity itself but surprisingly effective. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic. Functions card game instructions Groups of two or three … Continue reading →

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Difficult to find TEFLtastic pages

Posted on 29/01/2020 by alexcase

When linking to the new indirect questions page in my last post, I suddenly realised how difficult it would be to find if I hadn’t mentioned it, what with being a sub-page of question formation, which for some reason I … Continue reading →

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