Category Archives: Writing

My new stuff last month

Posted on 04/03/2012 by alexcase

Have just linked to some of this, but if you look at it the glass half full way that means most of it is being mentioned for the first time… Articles Teaching countable and uncountable nouns (almost certainly not the way … Continue reading →

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New ELT articles and classroom handouts January 2012

Posted on 27/01/2012 by alexcase

Not a bad batch this month, though I say so myself… Articles Fun classroom activities for ordinal numbers – LINK FIXED Functional language for IELTS Speaking – LINK FIXED How to practise Used to  – LINK FIXED Worksheets IELTS Speaking Clarifying language Cambridge … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles and worksheets November 2011

Posted on 30/11/2011 by alexcase

I’ve mentioned some of these in my posts on tips and useful language etc, but the ones near the top of each section are those that have just gone up and I haven’t linked to before: Articles Teaching grammar in Business … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic writing, BULATS, Business and ESP writing, Cambridge First Certificate, comparatives, Complaints, Future tenses, IELTS Speaking, IELTS Writing, Language of meetings, Modals of possibility probability, Politeness, Reports, Requests, Social English, teleconference, unreal past | 2 Comments

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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New articles and worksheets Sept 2011

Posted on 22/09/2011 by alexcase

Classroom activities to practise planning and paragraphing – LINK FIXED How to teach FCE Use of English Part One – LINK FIXED What your students need to know about BULATS Writing Part One – LINK FIXED Fun activities for the second conditional – LINK … Continue reading →

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Writing worksheets polished up

Posted on 17/09/2011 by alexcase

These ones needed so much work that adding PDF files was just the half of it… Writing games and other worksheets Including loads of emailing and a surprising amount of speaking.

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An even quicker way of marking student writing

Posted on 07/09/2011 by alexcase

Having scrapped the marking code a while ago, I recently took it one step further with the aim of saving me time and making them do the work in order to help them think about their own writing and develop … Continue reading →

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BULATS Writing worksheets

Posted on 24/08/2011 by alexcase

I’ve put up five new ones, and my other BULATS link page is getting to be such a mess I thought I’d better put the writing ones together here. Mainly also useable for business writing classes and adaptable for other … 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 →

Posted in Adverbs of frequency, BULATS, Cambridge First Certificate, Email, English for architects, IELTS Speaking, Present simple for routines etc., Teaching numbers | 3 Comments