Category Archives: links

TEFL book burning

Posted on 30/09/2010 by alexcase

“The Dove Mission for Proper English, is pleased to announce …. the Ceremonial Burning: of the following heinous tome ‘English Grammar in Use [Intermediate]’ because … we strongly feel that there’s something vaguely wrong with ALL KINDS OF STUFF … … Continue reading →

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British Council to be scrapped?

Posted on 24/09/2010 by alexcase

“The BBC World Service, the British Council and the Environment Agency are among the 94 publicly funded bodies whose fate has yet to be decided.” from Quango Cuts in the Torygraph It wouldn’t seem to make sense to close all … Continue reading →

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Using videos to practise future tenses

Posted on 24/09/2010 by alexcase

Just published an article on the topic on UsingEnglish.com Fun video tasks for practise future tenses and conditionals and have some worksheets right here for same said point: Mr Bean The Exam (going to and will for predictions) Pingu Will … Continue reading →

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Eikaiwa continues to shrink

Posted on 20/09/2010 by alexcase

David English House in Hiroshima, a well respected school run by author and all round booster of professionalism in Nippon David Paul, closed for business on 1 September leaving him personally bankrupt. Sounds like they managed the process well, though, according … Continue reading →

Posted in British Council, David English House, Eikaiwa, English Teachers in Japan, Let's Japan, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL chains | Tagged | 5 Comments

The best original songs on LearnEnglishKids

Posted on 18/09/2010 by alexcase

This time selection by Alex Case, aged 39 3/4. For the selection by Ms Y Case, aged 1 and 1/12, see here. 1. Don’t Put your Trousers On Your Head Body parts and clothes. Very amusing and fairly easy to … Continue reading →

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Dumbing Down in EFL?

Posted on 15/09/2010 by alexcase

A few bits of ELT history that I wasn’t aware of until reading an article  on DevelopingTeachers.com The Trinity Diploma (then the Trinity College Licentiate Diploma) came first, with the Cert level certificate coming later. Similarly, the original RSA Cert was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, developingteachers.com, Diploma in TESOL, Trinity, Trinity CertTESOL | 1 Comment

Bloggers who do and don't carry on

Posted on 11/09/2010 by alexcase

I’m sure there are many reasons, but one thing I’ve noticed is that proper writers like Scott Thornbury, Jason Renshaw and Vicky Hollett seem to be able to both sustain their interest and keep up a steady stream of posts. … Continue reading →

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The best LearnEnglishKids songs for very little kids

Posted on 09/09/2010 by alexcase

As chosen by Ms Y Case, aged 12 1/2 months (not too young to Rock’n’Roll!) My own, rather different, views on the British Council’s song selection will follow in the next post. As always with the LEKids site, all songs … Continue reading →

Posted in LearnEnglishKids, links, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Teaching young learners, TEFL, Using songs with kids | 3 Comments

Is the TEFL blogging boom over?

Posted on 07/09/2010 by alexcase

Seems so. There is still a trickle of new blogs every week (it used to be more like one every couple of months back in my day), but somehow the energy seems to have gone out of it, and with … Continue reading →

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English Droid is back!

Posted on 21/08/2010 by alexcase

My post on this classic and long lost site wasn’t supposed to be a campaign for its return as I thought that Simon Barne had done a Jim Thompson on us and so made it impossible, but the man himself ended up … Continue reading →

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