Category Archives: Phonics

New PDF handouts Jan 2010 Part Two

Posted on 18/01/2010 by alexcase

If you can’t open PDFs for any reason or want to edit before you print, just highlight the text on the webpage, right click, copy, paste into a word processor programme and format and edit to your heart’s content. Feel … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Discussion questions, Email, flashcards, Giving opinions, Phonics, Photocopiable worksheets, Question formation, Teaching young learners, TEFL games, tense review, Vocabulary, Writing | Tagged | 2 Comments

On the CELTA, Japan, and very small learners

Posted on 22/11/2009 by alexcase

An interview with Charlie Richards of Learning Tree English, a private language school for 16 and unders (sometimes far unders!) in Osaka. “I first came across your school through your excellent examples of young learner lessons on YouTube. Typical lessons … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Discipline in the classroom, EFL CD ROMs, English through craftwork, Lesson planning, Phonics, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching Japanese primary school children, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL career planning, TEFL games, textbooks, Using songs with kids, Using storybooks | Tagged | 2 Comments

Teaching idiots quote of the day

Posted on 16/03/2008 by alexcase

“In spite of the fact that these recent arrivals spoke ‘almost no English,’ Holly noted emphatically that she ‘was NOT teaching these students English. We focused on phonics.’”

Posted in Phonics, Reading, TEFL, TESOL in the US | 2 Comments

It’s a games games games games games games TEFLtastic world for kids- Flashcard and drilling games

Posted on 30/09/2007 by alexcase

By the kind of happy coincidence that only happens once in a blog lifetime a reader has mentioned they are looking for some flashcard games (see Ana’s question below), a friend has asked me for some kids’ games for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Adjectives, Drilling games, ELT publishing, Flashcard games, Phonics, Prepositions, Teaching numbers, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL games, TESOL | 1 Comment