Tag Archives: guest writers

The CELTA- what you’re letting yourself in for

Posted on 29/12/2008 by alexcase

The second in a new set of guest pieces (more writers wanted!), this time from recently CELTA certified blogger Jon Bellwood   “Thinking of doing a CELTA? Then before you take the plunge and lay down a substantial sum of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruce Veldhuisen, Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, Lesson observations, links, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL blogs, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL International, TEFL qualifications, TESOL in Australia | Tagged | 12 Comments

A few more Xmas and New Year worksheets

Posted on 22/12/2008 by alexcase

… including my first ever guest writer worksheet (many more wanted!) from Paula Swenson: English Language New Year’s Resolutions (good for learner training, and set up by the kind of relevant reading text that I really should write for my worksheets … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Future tenses, Learner motivation, Learner training, Materials, Photocopiable worksheets, Teaching numbers, TEFL | Tagged | 1 Comment

6 Ways TEFL Certificate Courses Try to Rip You Off – Part 1

Posted on 17/12/2008 by alexcase

The first of hopefully a new batch of guest author pieces, this one sent to me by “TEFLista” “No doubt, there are a lot of dodgy TEFL certificate courses out there, but have you ever stopped for a minute to ponder the question … Continue reading →

Posted in Cambridge ESOL, CELTA, Dodgy TEFL courses, finding good TEFL jobs, links, SIT TESOL, Teacher training, Teaching English Abroad, TEFL, TEFL career planning, TEFL certificate, TEFL qualifications, TEFL scams, Trinity | Tagged , | 40 Comments

TEFLtastic reaches half a million

Posted on 16/12/2008 by alexcase

Macmillian’s Onestopenglish.com probably has more paying members than I have had visitors for my freebie worksheets and badly-spelt pontificating, and even the rest of TEFL.net gets loads more visitors than my blog, but I still think five hundred thousand in … Continue reading →

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Guest writer: When I Am A TEFL Billionaire by Katie from TEFLlogue

Posted on 14/10/2007 by alexcase

Katie from TEFLlogue needs no introduction from me (long awkward silence…) Oh, okay then. Despite complaining that she only (!) finds time to write one post a day nowadays, she is still undoubtedly the TEFL blog hostess with the mostest, and always … Continue reading →

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Guest Writer Number 4- Sharon McCulloch from "somewhere out East"

Posted on 25/09/2007 by alexcase

Sharon has written a very nice piece of working and living “somewhere out East”, back when they really still meant something mysterious… Enjoy! Living “somewhere out East”  Budapest – the very name, like Belgrade and Warsaw, conjured up images of espionage and … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Eastern Europe, Teaching English in the Czech Republic, TESOL | Tagged | 3 Comments

Guest writer number 3- Troubled in Tunisia

Posted on 18/09/2007 by alexcase

While I’ve been busy working on other TEFLtastic projects (which you will hear about shortly I promise) my cunning plan to get guest writers has been really bearing fruit… More writers gratefully accepted, on any teaching or living abroad topic … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, TESOL | Tagged | 1 Comment

Guest Writer Number 2- Laurent

Posted on 17/09/2007 by alexcase

Many thanks to Laurent for being the second guest writer on TEFLtastic. After much racking of brains, apparently, he has managed to come up with an absolutely unique take on both TEFL teaching and being in Japan. Enjoy… Guest writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Teaching English in Asia, Teaching English in Japan, TEFL, TESOL | Tagged | 2 Comments

Guest writer number one- Do's and Don'ts for Bosnia etc.

Posted on 29/08/2007 by alexcase

Katie from http://www.tefllogue.com must be trying to get herself into the Guinness Book of TEFL Records (which sounds like the title of another post to me!) , because after being the first person to review TEFLtastic she is now our first guestwriter … Continue reading →

Posted in Cultural differences/ cultural training, Teaching English Abroad, Teaching English in Bosnia, Teaching English in Eastern Europe, Teaching English in Europe, TEFL, TEFLlogue, TESOL | Tagged | 14 Comments

Wanted- Guest Writers

Posted on 20/08/2007 by alexcase

The summer heat is sapping the last of my energy, and like a man walking across the Sahara I need a rest and a cold beer. To keep the punter happy (Freudian slip- I mean thousands of punters of course), we need … Continue reading →

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