Category Archives: TEFL

23 mix and match activities for learning English (TEFLtastic classics Part 45)

Posted on 13/09/2020 by alexcase

This has been by far the most popular activity in my young learner classes recently. I’ve often used the classic picture book (Do You Like) Ketchup on Your Cornflakes?, in which the top and bottom halves of the page are … Continue reading →

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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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How I accidentally became a TEFL scab

Posted on 09/08/2020 by alexcase

Getting back to work has been a very mixed bag for me here in Japan. On my regular Sundays I was down for the youngest and lowest level students who couldn’t really study online, so that was cancelled. Almost all … 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 articles on telephoning page

Posted on 27/07/2020 by alexcase

With 10 articles on telephoning and teaching telephoning already up and about 10 more to add soon, thought it was worth tidying up my telephone English worksheets page by moving the articles to a page of their own: Telephone English … 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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Teaching checking/ clarifying on and for Zoom

Posted on 10/05/2020 by alexcase

Even more than face to face, the classroom language most needed for online classes is definitely checking/ clarifying phrases like “Can you say that one more time (more slowly)?”, “Can you say that another way?”, “Did you say… (or…)?” and … Continue reading →

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75 grammar practice drawing games

Posted on 03/05/2020 by alexcase

Have just rearranged my list of 80 drawing game PDFs to be more organised by individual topic, and there were enough grammar ones for enough different language points to be worth a post all of their own. Will also expand … Continue reading →

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Useful language for Zoom lessons

Posted on 26/04/2020 by alexcase

After my first week of Zoom lessons, I’m more convinced than ever that students need to be specifically taught Social English (especially small talk and conversational reactions) to be able to communicate smoothly at the beginning and end of lessons … Continue reading →

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