Category Archives: Teaching methods and methodologies

TPR in adult classes

Posted on 04/01/2013 by alexcase

Gestures and body languages in adult EFL classes, mostly to teach other language. If you like anything here and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Although Total Physical Response started as a methodology for teaching adults, the term TPR is nowadays mainly used as a way … Continue reading →

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Use Recall Analyse – my variation on PPP/ TTT

Posted on 24/03/2012 by alexcase

Here’s my article in this month’s MET that I mentioned in my last post (republished here with their permission): There are many different ways of presenting and practising language, but most of them could be seen as a variation on PPP (Presentation … Continue reading →

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Everyone has at least one variation on PPP in them

Posted on 23/03/2012 by alexcase

Or at least there’s more truth in that than “Everyone has at least one novel in them”, as I can now tell you from personal experience of both sides. Mine should be out about now in Modern English Teaching magazine.

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Michael J Wallace on science, theory and practice

Posted on 06/02/2010 by alexcase

All from Training Foreign Language Teachers, most of which seems to be viewable on Google Books here. “Atkins points out that craftsmen in metallurgy have been successfully making metals for hundreds of years, with apprentices learning from masters. However, the … Continue reading →

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PPPP and TPTPT

Posted on 29/01/2010 by alexcase

This post is in reply to Andy Mallory’s comment/ question about adding vocabulary to speaking tasks in the post below, so might be a bit quick and dirty even though it’s something I’ve put quite a lot of thought into. … Continue reading →

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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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The most TEFLtastic attempts at humour in 2009

Posted on 29/12/2009 by alexcase

Wasn’t a great year for humour on TEFLtastic (must be taking my job seriously in my old age?!), but I did manage my most successful spoof yet, if not quite up to the standard of UN to Ban Unnecessary Languages: Don’t Do the … Continue reading →

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Rules, patterns, words and conclusions

Posted on 23/08/2009 by alexcase

At last, an ending to the series of posts that started here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here* several blogging decades ago on the book by Dave Willis. My chief objections to the approach suggested in the … Continue reading →

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Rules, Patterns, Words and Doubts

Posted on 12/08/2009 by alexcase

A continuation of Rules, Patterns, Words and Quotes and What I Learnt About Rules, Patterns and Words, obviously all about the quite wrong but quite interesting book of the same name. This will probably only be of interest to those who … Continue reading →

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Some nice quotes about Rules Patterns and Words

Posted on 26/06/2009 by alexcase

Unsurprisingly, all taken from the book of the same name (some of which is viewable on Google Books here): “When our students produce accurate question tags, we feel we and they have succeeded. When they fail to do so, we … Continue reading →

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