Category Archives: modern english teacher magazine

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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TEFL book reviews online

Posted on 14/02/2010 by alexcase

TEFL.net TEFL reviews (also includes paid websites, CD ROMs etc) TESL-EJ (seemingly no way to navigate by category, so need to look at reviews in each edition. Quite US leaning) And only for subscribers MET magazine ELTJ

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The new(ish) owner of MET and ETP magazines

Posted on 02/01/2010 by alexcase

is Pavilion (which is “promoting innovation in public services”, apparently), which is a part of OLM Group (who “deliver integrated solutions for adult and children’s services, health and the corporate IT market”). They are a private company, so not helping my vague plan to … Continue reading →

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ELT publishing trendspotter

Posted on 07/09/2009 by alexcase

New ways of getting content – Big publishers have been buying up books from smaller publishers (e.g. a couple from Helbling Languages ending up on CUP and Oxford buying up some business skills books) and even self-published books (I gave a … Continue reading →

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An apology

Posted on 19/08/2009 by alexcase

to the three TEFL related communities/ social networking sites that I’m theoretically a member of but never even read let alone contribute to (My English Club, BELT Free and EFL Classroom 2.0), plus the many people whose invitations to join LinkedIn or … Continue reading →

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Some new ideas about CPD in ELT

Posted on 22/07/2009 by alexcase

From July’s MET, and now here on my “CPD portfolio”* The aptly named article “CPD” by Keith Harding has some interesting ideas I hadn’t come across like a Self-SWOT Analysis and a snap-shot observation, but the really weighty matters are … Continue reading →

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