Category Archives: TEFL blogs

TEFL economics

Posted on 21/02/2010 by alexcase

is a thought provoking post with a ESOL slant on what looks like becoming a very interesting new blog, 26 Letters.

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Interview with a Marxist TEFLer/ TEFLing Marxist

Posted on 16/01/2010 by alexcase

Interview done by email rather than talking to a Zapatista-style balaclavaed bandit in the jungle (which would’ve been nice), but the results are just as interesting as the always thought provoking Marxist TEFL Group blog, I think you’ll find: “Why define yourself as … Continue reading →

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A new motto for TEFLtastic

Posted on 11/01/2010 by alexcase

Seems like a New Year kind of a thing to do… Now that I have my middle name sorted (Alex “I don’t do Twitter” Case, apparently), thought it was time to work on a motto for the blog. I did “All the … Continue reading →

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Development, blogs, books and Japan- An interview with Darren Elliott of Lives of Teachers blog

Posted on 09/01/2010 by alexcase

We all seem to be seeing your name around a lot recently. A masterplan to become the next Thornbury/ trying to keep yourself busy while your wife watches Japanese television/ sleep disorder/ other? I think it takes more than a … Continue reading →

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The best ever IELTS humour?

Posted on 07/01/2010 by alexcase

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 calendar from The Tao of Teaching. Not sure there are many other candidates for best IELTS humour, to be honest, but this made me laugh on almost every page anyway. Any other IELTS jokes, anyone? … Continue reading →

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Your DoS’s RMCITE (aka Nick’s Scale of Awesomeness)

Posted on 05/01/2010 by alexcase

A guest piece by Nick Jaworski of Turklish TEFL blog “Do you ever wonder why your Director of Studies likes others and not you? Do you ever get the feeling you’re being measured against some unknown scale? Well, this is … Continue reading →

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Interview- TEFL Hero Jon Marks on the life of a full-time TEFL writer

Posted on 31/12/2009 by alexcase

It’s been a while since I’ve used the TEFL hero category, and I’ve even stripped some people of the honour (and Sandy MacManus has been pretty close a couple of times), but I’m glad I kept it going because Jon Marks deserves it for … Continue reading →

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The most TEFLtastic attempts at humour in 2009

Posted on 29/12/2009 by alexcase

Wasn’t a great year for humour on TEFLtastic (must be taking my job seriously in my old age?!), but I did manage my most successful spoof yet, if not quite up to the standard of UN to Ban Unnecessary Languages: Don’t Do the … Continue reading →

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Using L1 in class (or not)

Posted on 28/12/2009 by alexcase

I basically don’t, but I have observed a few teachers who do so well (amongst the vast majority who do so badly) and look back on some of my own ways of avoiding it as a waste of time and … Continue reading →

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What was the biggest change in TEFL in the Noughties?

Posted on 21/12/2009 by alexcase

If you’d asked me in 1999, I probably would’ve predicted that Task Based Learning was going to take over the TEFL world, for better or worse. What a damp squib that turned out to be, with apparently even Cutting Edge … Continue reading →

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