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 →

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The TEFL Why Oh Why series

Posted on 29/07/2010 by alexcase

I’m thinking of continuing my series of articles based on the conversational strategies of young kids (continually asking why), so have listed the ones so far here to remind myself and get some feedback before I start on the next one: … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 words that teachers … 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 →

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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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My favourite blog of the moment

Posted on 02/07/2010 by alexcase

I do hate to play favourites, but I’ve recently noticed that the result of that is just linking to no one, so here goes trying not to offend anyone by linking to a blog that is in the limited category … Continue reading →

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My football and World Cup teaching ideas

Posted on 15/06/2010 by alexcase

If you’ve seen my Xmas teaching ideas and worksheets on UsingEnglish, this is similar but for the “international festival of football”, with lots of ideas of how to tie the topic into the things that are already in your textbook … Continue reading →

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(T)EFL football links

Posted on 13/06/2010 by alexcase

After yesterday’s England match I’ll be avoiding the World Cup in class, in conversation and on TV at least until we are out of it (shouldn’t be long!), but here is the list of links I came up with in … Continue reading →

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