Category Archives: PPP (Presentation practice production)

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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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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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 →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, Collocations, Functional language, Grammar, Grammar books, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, PPP (Presentation practice production), TBA (Task Based Approach), Teaching methods and methodologies, Test teach test, Vocabulary | Tagged | 4 Comments

New articles and worksheets May 2008

Posted on 01/06/2008 by alexcase

This post might just seem like a list of links, but actually this is the good stuff- TEFLtastic was started as a way of linking to my much more serious and useful stuff elsewhere on the web, and to be … Continue reading →

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The Alternative TEFL jargon dictionary Part Six

Posted on 30/09/2007 by alexcase

After rather a long break, the Alternative TEFL Jargon Dictionary is back! Defective modals– This somewhat negative expression for modals that do not have a seperate past or future form (e.g. must) is now being replaced by the expression “modal … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Future tenses, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, past tenses, PPP (Presentation practice production), Present simple for routines etc., slang, Teaching mixed level classes, TESOL, Vocabulary, Writing | Tagged , | 1 Comment

TEFL fun and games Part one- Guess me!

Posted on 03/09/2007 by alexcase

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 →

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PPP RIP? Part Two

Posted on 23/08/2007 by alexcase

Carrying on looking at whether teachers should still teach PPP and therefore whether teacher training courses like the CELTA should still cover it, lets look at some criticisms people could level and/ or have levelled at this approach: There is … Continue reading →

Posted in Alternative teaching techniques, CELTA, Lesson planning, Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA, PPP (Presentation practice production), TBA (Task Based Approach), Teacher training, TEFL, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications, Test teach test | 25 Comments