Category Archives: ELT publishing

My top selling e-books of 2024/2025

Posted on 15/07/2025 by alexcase

A sales ranking, then some musings on what it might mean: The most noticeable thing for me is that my emailing book has dropped out of the top sellers and my telephoning books have continued their decline – perhaps because … Continue reading →

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Kremlin-watching in ELT publishing and exams

Posted on 07/08/2024 by alexcase

When I have to explain the English teaching industry, I often feel like a Kremlinologist must have when they had to make assumptions about deeper changes from who the party leader was standing next to, or like a journalist trying … Continue reading →

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The most useful fillers for the end of lessons

Posted on 21/01/2014 by alexcase

An article of mine in the latest edition of MET (Modern English Teacher magazine) – available here to read for free!  Ways to not waste extra classroom time when you are lucky enough to have it. Earlier in my career my … Continue reading →

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Change in editor at Modern English Teacher magazine

Posted on 24/09/2013 by alexcase

Having a stack of half finished TEFL articles and now two fewer places to put them, have recently been writing to all and sundry asking them to please take them off my hands. Turns out my advice that everyone should … Continue reading →

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TEFLing without teaching

Posted on 10/04/2013 by alexcase

A guest post by newish TEFL blogger and TEFL.net reviews volunteer Jo Cummins: “About two years ago, when pregnant with my son, I gave up my teaching job and moved countries and haven’t (for reasons to lengthy too get into) … Continue reading →

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EFL textbook editions between editions

Posted on 25/03/2013 by alexcase

Mistakes in EFL textbooks like wrong answer keys and typos are nothing new, though I’d swear they are becoming more common. There has also been a totally new (for me?) variation in the last couple of years: – I’m reading … Continue reading →

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Places to publish TEFL articles links

Posted on 14/03/2013 by alexcase

Please let me know if anything below is missing, in the wrong section or in the wrong order (the sections or entries in each section) – because I’m sure all of those three things are true. Places to publish (in approximate … Continue reading →

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Applying to write for ELT publishers links

Posted on 03/03/2013 by alexcase

I’m writing an article on this, which I’ll link to when it’s up. In the meantime… Advice on sending unsolicited applications/ proposals How to Get Your TEFL Book Published by Stuart Tipping of (very influential at the time publisher) LTP … Continue reading →

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Complete list of ELT publishers 4th draft

Posted on 28/02/2013 by alexcase

I investigated this for a workshop I gave and all the lists online seem to be out of date, so here are all the ones I could find divided by size/ influence. If I’ve wrongly classified any or if you … Continue reading →

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EFL materials for New Internationalist

Posted on 05/12/2012 by alexcase

Although it rarely actually works, it’s always good to see people trying to bring real international issues into the classroom. Seeing the name John Shepheard on this also made me hopeful, as he was responsible for the absolutely classic Anti-Grammar … Continue reading →

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