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Getting students to use more complex functional language
An expanded version of an article of mine just published in English Teaching Professional magazine as Keep Moving On Part One – available here on TEFLtastic for free! One of the best language learning tips that I have used and … Continue reading
The simple but effective marking scheme I use in all young learner classes
It might well be a sign that I’m “doing a Tony Benn” (= actually becoming more left wing as I get older), but I increasingly avoid the competitive giving of points in YL classes, and absolutely refuse to get dragged … Continue reading
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Know any more active teaching English blogs?
Years after giving up on my blogroll due to the large and rapidly accelerating number of TEFL blogs, I’m having the opposite problem restarting it – the number of dead and dying TEFL blogs is getting in the way of … Continue reading
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How do free online resources compare to TEFL books?
and is that a worthwhile question to ask? My own ambitions go no further than providing something at least as easy to find good stuff from as the Reward Resource Packs, 5 Minute Activities etc that I used to rely on, but … Continue reading
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Expect a flood of criminal TEFLers to a school near you
According to the EL Gazette all British Council inspected schools in the UK will need to conduct criminal record checks from 2014, so if the country or school you are in doesn’t insist on such checks a whole bunch of … Continue reading
Guardian still up to their TEFL advertorial tricks
I’d just finished a story on the end of Guardian TEFL Update for TEFL News via TEFLnet when into my inbox popped a Google alert for a piece in that very same paper called How to Choose a TEFL Course That’s Right For … Continue reading
A controversial article on adapting worksheets?
When I wrote an article on adapting other people’s worksheets I thought it might be the whole idea of that being creative or my support of worksheets generally that might be controversial, but instead it was the copyright implications of … Continue reading
Bookwork is fun!
(How to make kids look forward to opening their books) An old article of mine from English Teaching Professional Issue 45. Okay Ladies and Gentlemen, let’s start. Open your books please… If you had any negative reaction to that command, … Continue reading
EL Gazette closed after hacking of TEFL bloggers and authors
Here are some quotes from the emails and mobile messages they hacked, with the names of whose they are taken out to protect the innocent(?) “Sometimes those groupies make me wish I’d never come up with it. What is the … Continue reading
Taking an interest in Business English and ESP
An early article of mine from English Teaching Professional, later reprinted on Onestopenglish.com. I imagine I could probably add The Apprentice to the list now if I’d ever seen it, so any updated suggestions gratefully accepted in comments below. Most … Continue reading
