Category Archives: links

Guest piece- 2000 Sri Lankan English Teachers Coming to Korea??

Posted on 11/08/2010 by alexcase

by Anontastic “No doubt,  anyone reading the EL Gazette this month may have done a double take when looking at the front page for August 2010 – I know that I did. According to the headlines, Korea plans to recruit … Continue reading →

Posted in EL Gazette, Teaching English in Korea, The Marxist TEFL Group | Tagged , | 14 Comments

EL Gazette campaign to save UK TEFL

Posted on 25/07/2010 by alexcase

As usual, I can find little to add to what the ever fabulous Melanie Butler has to say here, except that if you think this doesn’t concern you, just think about TEFLers fleeing the UK and further flooding the teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in EL Gazette, TEFL heroes- Melanie Butler, TEFL in the UK | 3 Comments

Some provocative quotes on elicitation from the latest ETP

Posted on 23/07/2010 by alexcase

and a nice summary of ELT publishers’ marketing from Darren Elliott at the bottom From “Question-and-answer” by Peter Wells, from English Teaching Professional Issue 69 July 2010: “Prone as students are to ignore their teacher, they’re even more prone to … Continue reading →

Posted in English Teaching Professional, TEFL | Tagged | 3 Comments

TEFL jargon from this month’s ETP

Posted on 22/07/2010 by alexcase

They do pretty well in English Teaching Professional with cutting down on jargon and explaining what they do use, but I found a few which I thought could do with some clearing up. Academic word list- A secret list of … Continue reading →

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No qualifications or experience needed to just teach conversation

Posted on 18/07/2010 by alexcase

It’s true, you don’t need any qualifications or experience to converse, although some people seem to lack that basic communication skill even in their own language. Even for the most chatty of one to one “classes”, though, experience of grading … Continue reading →

Posted in links, Skills, Speaking | 7 Comments

Man on a mission?

Posted on 03/07/2010 by alexcase

The post on EFL Classroom 2.0- Teacher Talk that really grabbed my attention was the one where David explains his sense of mission. Like positivity in general, coming across a teacher or blogger with a sense of mission can be … Continue reading →

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An interview with Katie of TEFLlogue (History of TEFL blogging Part Three)

Posted on 15/05/2010 by alexcase

In my interview of EFL Geek, he mentioned Katie of TEFLlogue fame as someone he most missed from the TEFL blogosphere, and I’m sure everyone who was active at that time will feel exactly the same way. She was incredibly … Continue reading →

Posted in EFL geek, TEFL blacklist, TEFL blogs, TEFL heroes- Sandy McManus, TEFLlogue | Tagged , | 1 Comment

The only remaining bits of the English Droid

Posted on 12/05/2010 by alexcase

English Droid is not only the most missed and funniest TEFL blog ever, it is also connected to one of the biggest mysteries in our game. The author, Simon Barne, not only deleted his blog without any notice, but concurrently … Continue reading →

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Keeping EFL young learners on task part two

Posted on 08/05/2010 by alexcase

Another great guest piece from Leahn Stanhope. “Who’s who? was a popular children’s game when I was growing up. It was, I think originally a game from MB games but it has been copied and repackaged in various formats over … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL blogs, TEFL games | 2 Comments

Ten blogs that are dead (to TEFL) but are still worth reading

Posted on 04/05/2010 by alexcase

I’ve been nominated by a couple of people to take part in‘vale a pena ficar de olho nesse blog’. This translates as “Try to find ten blogs that no one has nominated yet, like a birthday boy who is having … Continue reading →

Posted in Chase me ladies, notes from the TEFL graveyard, TEFL blacklist, TEFL blogs, TEFLlogue, TEFLtrade | Tagged | 2 Comments