Category Archives: Email

Business communication reviews (TEFLtastic Classics Part 51)

Posted on 10/01/2023 by alexcase

Often after my last TEFLtastic Classic (needs and instant personalised practice), I often start business courses with a big review of the basic language for electronic and face-to-face communication, with materials like these: First contact and further contact picking roleplays … Continue reading →

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New Teaching Emailing book out now

Posted on 19/10/2020 by alexcase

300 photocopiable pages on opening and closing every kind of email, being formal and friendly, planning and paragraphing, fixing common emailing problems, etc – all with a surprising amount of classroom communication for a book on writing: Teaching Emailing: Interactive … Continue reading →

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10 beginning and ending emails classroom photocopiables

Posted on 22/09/2014 by alexcase

New page on the most important part of emailing in English, and the point I probably spend most classroom time on, now I’ve realised how pointless (if fun) it is to spend much class time on First Conditional and Past Continuous … Continue reading →

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The most important and neglected kind of academic writing?

Posted on 27/02/2014 by alexcase

To my pleasant surprise, about 80% of my academic writing students last term chose “emailing to academic staff” as the most useful thing we covered in that course. The surprise comes from the fact that I’ve never seen it in … Continue reading →

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New ELT worksheets and articles October 2011

Posted on 28/10/2011 by alexcase

Articles The advantages and disadvantages of blind observations When the demands of the students and the person who is paying clash Why does my teacher make me correct my own answers? Why does my teacher stop me using my dictionary? … Continue reading →

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Can emailing really be fun? Part Two

Posted on 26/07/2011 by alexcase

Emailing in English is a very important skill for most students, as there are many more people who read and send loads of emails in L2 than there are people who spend most of the day in English language meetings. The … Continue reading →

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Lots of lovely new articles and worksheets

Posted on 24/07/2011 by alexcase

Actually, I have no way of judging the loveliness of my own stuff, of course, just had a nice ring to it. Actually, lots could be an exaggeration too… Articles Adverbs of frequency games – LINK FIXED What your students need … Continue reading →

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Can emailing really be fun? Part One

Posted on 20/07/2011 by alexcase

Yet more of my stuff from MET. Must actually write some stuff, for here or there, at some point soon… Although most Business English textbooks and some General English ones have a couple of sections on emailing, they are vastly … Continue reading →

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Another way of doing ESP syllabus design?

Posted on 02/03/2011 by alexcase

I haven’t tried this yet, but I really think it could solve some problems I’m having with recycling, students who miss lessons and need to catch up, and balancing seeing a large amount of language that they might come across … Continue reading →

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TEFLtastic fun and games Part two- Business problems roleplays

Posted on 04/09/2007 by alexcase

It’s all getting a bit “TEFLtastic with no irony intended” round here with all these fun and games I’m putting up. Maybe I’m too tired to even be sarcastic…  Anyway, here is my latest attempt to make none of us … Continue reading →

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