Category Archives: Cambridge Delta

What is a lesson plan? (metaphors for teaching)

Posted on 11/10/2007 by alexcase

A great question in the comments box of the TEFLtastic Link Up post below from Sandy of TEFLtrade fame, almost Japanese T Shirt-like in the zen stages of enlightenment it can lead you to- first it seems silly and you laugh, … Continue reading →

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MA= My A*se! Super CELTA is it, man!

Posted on 27/08/2007 by alexcase

Hope that headline got your attention, but actually I have nothing to say about the MA today at all… Right, now to talk about the CELTA. I have decided to trust a whole lot of people I have never met … Continue reading →

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Be proud of your DELTA tattoo

Posted on 15/08/2007 by alexcase

Tattoo might be going a bit far, but I really think UCLES could learn something from a recent idea to have a logo that people with PhDs could use to advertise themselves. Schools could stick it up on the wall with … Continue reading →

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Diploma or MA? Let battle commence!

Posted on 01/07/2007 by alexcase

After a couple of years teaching, this is a question that pops into most people’s heads – if only to pop straight back out for most of us, until our bosses almost force us to do one or the other … Continue reading →

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