Category Archives: Speaking

Step by step roleplays (TEFLtastic classics Part Five)

Posted on 02/03/2012 by alexcase

Not quite a game, but a lot more fun and useful than it sounds. If you like this and want more, please support TEFLtastic.  Students do a short and easy roleplay, then the next roleplay card asks them to do … Continue reading →

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because teaching conversational English does not require much work

Posted on 27/07/2011 by alexcase

“Arief Rachman, a prominent education expert… says that the proliferation of native English speakers in the country, many of whom have no formal teaching qualifications, is because teaching conversational English does not require much work. ‘All they have to do … Continue reading →

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New New Cutting Edge Intermediate worksheets

Posted on 12/09/2010 by alexcase

Update: All such worksheets now here: https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/cutting-edge/ce-int/

Posted in advice/ recommendations, comparatives, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Discussion questions, Grammar games, Photocopiable worksheets, Present tenses, TEFL, TEFL games, Vocabulary | Comments Off on New New Cutting Edge Intermediate worksheets

No qualifications or experience needed to just teach conversation

Posted on 18/07/2010 by alexcase

It’s true, you don’t need any qualifications or experience to converse, although some people seem to lack that basic communication skill even in their own language. Even for the most chatty of one to one “classes”, though, experience of grading … Continue reading →

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New TEFL PDFs April 2010 Part One

Posted on 11/04/2010 by alexcase

Your stressful week (Simple Past and Present Perfect, with bluff game) https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/business-esp/market-leader/ml-pre/stressful-week/ Stress at work Guess the job Rules for host families sentence completion pairwork (dependant prepositions and verb patterns) https://tefltastic.wordpress.com/worksheets/inside-out/io-upper-u2/host-family-rules/ Describing your city Similarities and differences Possessions discussion questions … Continue reading →

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New TEFLtastic communication games March 2010 Part Three

Posted on 31/03/2010 by alexcase

It suddenly occured to me that when I argue with people about the value of worksheets, we are often basically not talking about the same thing. I don’t do gapfills and other mechanical written grammar and vocab exercises in class … Continue reading →

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Writing and reading

Posted on 26/03/2010 by alexcase

As it says in the article, The Big List of CPD in ELT that I linked a couple of posts ago was inspired by reading the (excellent but somehow difficult to imagine anyone buying) book The Developing Teacher. I originally started … Continue reading →

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New EFL handouts Feb 2010 Part Two

Posted on 17/02/2010 by alexcase

Prepositions and body part mimes Comparative and superlative plus adverb Speaking Health problems mimes Writing reviews in English- Harry Potter Words often used in newspaper headlines Webquest Reading in English discussion questions

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New TEFLtastic worksheets Feb 2010 Part One

Posted on 08/02/2010 by alexcase

Your city and life Add the quantifiers speaking Next weekend and future tenses Describing objects 20 questions and extended speaking A report on weekends- Language of generalisation or phonics picture flashcards ee phonics picture flashcards Writing reports in English useful … Continue reading →

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New discussion questions page

Posted on 05/02/2010 by alexcase

I haven’t put in activities where students entirely make their own questions (my favourites, so ask if you want links to any), but I have put in examples of other good things to do with discussion questions like giving different questions to … Continue reading →

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