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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50 Steps to Improving your Academic Writing (Garnet) review

Posted on 14/12/2014 by alexcase

As usual, as published in Modern English Teacher magazine. And as usual, the published version probably seems at least more positive than I was in this original version… There is no lack of well-respected ESL academic writing books on the … 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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New TEFL articles June 2013

Posted on 27/06/2013 by alexcase

The only reason I started this blog back in June 2007 was to give links to my articles and worksheets elsewhere. Somehow I haven’t found time for one of my regular monthly lists since January this year, while I have … Continue reading →

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Five new articles on getting published for TEFLers

Posted on 11/04/2013 by alexcase

General articles on getting published in ELT 30 ways to get ahead in ELT publishing Getting published in TEFL – why, what, where and how Getting writing work from publishers Articles on writing ELT articles How to write and publish … 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

Updated 9 March 2017 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 … Continue reading →

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