Category Archives: video

Using video to practise specific language points

Posted on 10/10/2013 by alexcase

Updated 9 March 2017 Been inspired by TEFL star Vicki Hollett’s blog carnival on the topic of video in ELT to finally put together a list of my many articles and worksheets on the topic in a more accessible way, including … Continue reading →

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Video in EFL page sorted

Posted on 20/03/2013 by alexcase

Five articles and 21 worksheets for past tenses, present tenses, future tenses, conditionals, prepositions, modals, reported speech, countable and uncountable, infinitive of purpose, feelings vocabulary, false friends, fluency practice, reference expressions, and personality words. EFL video games/ worksheets Including some … Continue reading →

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Learn English with Ricky Gervais and Karl Pilkington

Posted on 09/08/2012 by alexcase

I downloaded one of their record breaking previous series of podcasts and literally didn’t laugh once, and unfortunately this looks like more of the same. However, for those of us in the “profession” the fact that if Karl had a degree … Continue reading →

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Pingu PDFs

Posted on 22/10/2011 by alexcase

There are only five, but this polishing up and PDFing my worksheets in becoming increasingly tedious so thought I’d make a big thing out of it to encourage myself anyway: Pingu TEFL handouts Most also suitable for adults

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Mr Bean worksheets now PDF

Posted on 11/10/2011 by alexcase

Yes, I know, I’d rather be using Blackadder in the classroom instead too, but if it works it works, and these really do… Mr Bean EFL Worksheets Including the very most effective activities of any kind I have ever found … Continue reading →

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New TEFL articles September 2010

Posted on 01/10/2010 by alexcase

I’ve linked to some of these already, but thought I may as well put the month’s supply together Video tasks for specific language points How to teach phonics with simple picture flashcards Classroom language for teaching pronunciation Pronunciation changes in … Continue reading →

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Some nice quotes from the last ELTJ

Posted on 16/08/2009 by alexcase

As promised, proof that I do pay some attention when reading TEFL magazines: A possible explanation for why Mr Bean and TEFL go so well together: “An adult learner has noted that what [textbook character] Arthur and learners in the … Continue reading →

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Youtube for TEFLers May 2009

Posted on 29/04/2009 by alexcase

Were the Nazis grammar nazis?- Downfall of Grammar (genius!) Japanese computer program (?) teaches vocabulary in context trailer for the documentary Mad About English complilation of Engrish signs (mainly from the classic http://www.Engrish.com, but easier to watch as a video) More … Continue reading →

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Copyright and the TEFL teacher

Posted on 05/04/2009 by alexcase

I had a thought provoking email from one of the TEFL.net book reviewers last week. When I told them to “not rush the review and try the book out in class as much as they like”, they came back with … Continue reading →

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TED.com for TEFLers and linguists Part One

Posted on 08/01/2009 by alexcase

Here goes with another blog post of the type I like to call “Google with an opinion”, which I highly recommend as a method of improving your own internet use and getting a free blog post out of it. Basically, I have … Continue reading →

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