Category Archives: Writing

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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New English teaching worksheets June 2011

Posted on 06/06/2011 by alexcase

Some nice ones in this bunch, I reckon. Then again, I was quite proud of my hideously over-complicated telephoning lesson on Onestopenglish when it first went up… Big emailing functional language review Different kinds of IELTS Writing Part Two questions (in … Continue reading →

Posted in BULATS, Collocations, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Email, IELTS, IELTS Writing, Present perfect, Present simple/ continuous, Teaching numbers | Leave a comment

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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Scrap the marking code

Posted on 23/01/2011 by alexcase

I find laziness is the actual mother of invention, and when one day I decided that I couldn’t be bothered marking T for tense and P for preposition on my students’ work, I never ever went back. Now it’s: ____________________ = … Continue reading →

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I don’t believe it!

Posted on 29/06/2010 by alexcase

A couple of posts ago, I gave my Comparatives and Superlatives page as an example of something that people really shouldn’t be clicking on when I have a far more creative and important page of often fun worksheets for the … Continue reading →

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Email games and other worksheets

Posted on 27/06/2010 by alexcase

Emailing and telephoning games will be the topics of my next Modern English Teacher article or two, so I’ve been polishing up my email pages while I try to remember what games I use. I’ve added a few more worksheets, … 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 →

Posted in Business and ESP writing, Business English games, call my bluff, comparatives, Determiners and articles, Discussion questions, Email, Future tenses, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, superlatives, TEFL, Vocabulary | Tagged , | 2 Comments

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 →

Posted in Discussion questions, ELT Journal, ELT publishing, links, Materials, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Reviews, TEFL, TEFL reviews, Using songs with kids | Leave a comment

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

Posted in comparatives, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Discussion questions, ELT management, Materials, Medical and pharmaceutical English, Prepositions, Reading, Reviews, superlatives, Technology, TEFL, Webquest, Writing | Tagged | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in board games, countable and uncountable nouns, Future tenses, Language of generalisation, links, Photocopiable worksheets, Reports, Speaking, Speaking games, Technical English, Writing | Tagged | 1 Comment