Category Archives: Usingenglish

Becoming a TEFL course provider

Posted on 11/03/2008 by alexcase

You really do learn new stuff in TEFL all the time. Only a week ago I wrote an article on The Advantages and Disadvantages of Setting Up a TEFL Course  (something I did twice back when I was ambitious), and it … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, ELT management, links, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL in the UK, TEFL qualifications, Trinity, Usingenglish, Via Lingua | 1 Comment

Breaking into TEFL teacher training

Posted on 02/03/2008 by alexcase

Maybe because it is the most obvious next step for an experienced and ambitious teacher who still wants to do something related to teaching rather than stepping into management, over the years I must have met 20 times as many … Continue reading →

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Tired of being a TEFL pleb?

Posted on 15/02/2008 by alexcase

To make up for all the navel gazing recently, have decided to give the public what it wants for once. And what the public wants is TEFL sex! That first paragraph should get some nice bizarre Google searches coming my way, but actually I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Becoming a Director of Studies, Business English and ESP, EFL exams, ELT management, finding good TEFL jobs, getting into ELT publishing, links, Teaching young learners, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL CV/ TESOL resume, TESOL, Usingenglish | Leave a comment

English teaching professional?

Posted on 05/02/2008 by alexcase

“A professional is one who emphasizes public service, has high standards of performance, has a broad knowledge of his or her field, and participates in professional conferences and associations.” Quote from The Japanese Police System Today (pg 33), not the … Continue reading →

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Making textbook listenings manageable and fun

Posted on 18/01/2008 by alexcase

Despite the attempts of some textbooks to use more stimulating listening activities like jigsaw listenings, stories in episodes that end at suspenseful moments, comic dialogues etc, turning on a tape is still the action that is most likely to make … Continue reading →

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Putting yourself above the TEFL riffraff

Posted on 16/01/2008 by alexcase

UPDATE: More articles on career development now here. I’m not sure I have, but now you can- with my foolproof guide to putting your TEFL resume above the hoi polloi: Getting an English teaching job abroad is becoming easier all … Continue reading →

Posted in finding good TEFL jobs, links, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL CV/ TESOL resume, TEFL qualifications, Usingenglish | 4 Comments

Testing and reviewing new EFL materials – Can talking about TEFL books really be any use?

Posted on 21/11/2007 by alexcase

UPDATE: Whole page on TEFL reviews now here. When I think back on the many conversations I have had in the teachers’ room about English language textbooks, photocopiable resource books etc. over the years, I can remember quite a few … Continue reading →

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