Category Archives: English through craftwork

New UsingEnglish.com stuff

Posted on 09/06/2010 by alexcase

The EFL Dictionary of Football is up to I and still lots of fun- get involved and add your own favourite idioms (“nutmeg” is already in, but haven’t decided about “park the bus” yet) Other worksheets and articles: Classroom language for … Continue reading →

Posted in Classroom management, Discipline in the classroom, English through craftwork, pelmanism, Prepositions, sports vocabulary, Teaching young learners, Usingenglish | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Writing and teaching

Posted on 25/02/2010 by alexcase

Sometimes, quite frankly, combining them is a pain in the arse and I wish I could just choose one or the other, like last week when saving the time and energy to write meant gettting up at 5:30 to plan the … Continue reading →

Posted in English through craftwork, Household vocabulary, Prepositions, prepositions of position, Teaching young learners, Using storybooks, Vocabulary | 4 Comments

On the CELTA, Japan, and very small learners

Posted on 22/11/2009 by alexcase

An interview with Charlie Richards of Learning Tree English, a private language school for 16 and unders (sometimes far unders!) in Osaka. “I first came across your school through your excellent examples of young learner lessons on YouTube. Typical lessons … Continue reading →

Posted in CELTA, Cultural differences/ cultural training, Discipline in the classroom, EFL CD ROMs, English through craftwork, Lesson planning, Phonics, pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners, Teaching English in Japan, Teaching Japanese primary school children, Teaching young learners, Technology, TEFL career planning, TEFL games, textbooks, Using songs with kids, Using storybooks | Tagged | 2 Comments