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Dr Johnson plays Call My Bluff

Posted on 12/10/2008 by alexcase

More making up for the fact that Dr Johnson was never lucky enough to be a TEFL teacher, this time with one of my favourite TEFL games ever, Call My Bluff. In the classroom version you get the students to … Continue reading →

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Dr Johnson does TEFL

Posted on 10/10/2008 by alexcase

Even with all the things written about Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, I think I might be the first to try adding some TEFL-style pointless elicitation. And so here goes… Try to work out which word he was … Continue reading →

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Korean euphemisms?

Posted on 06/10/2008 by alexcase

This is when my studies with the Lonely Planet phrasebook started getting completely out of hand, I think I might have been just short of giggling like a school boy on the train at one point… Not that hysterics is … Continue reading →

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Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook for Pervs

Posted on 01/10/2008 by alexcase

Here is another attempt of mine to cope with my complete lack of language learning motivation, Playstation-generation attention span and need for something new every couple of hours. And the new method is- trying to find as many rude things … Continue reading →

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Slogans for crappy English schools Part Three

Posted on 29/09/2008 by alexcase

96. “Sick of our dirty classrooms? Home lessons available for just 50% more!” 97. “And your thought only pizza delivery boys would travel all the way to your house！” 98. “Our 100th international branch right here in your town is … Continue reading →

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Dream dictionary for TEFL teachers Part Two

Posted on 24/09/2008 by alexcase

Did you know that what you dream about can tell you what will happen in your classes? Try reading the descriptions below and in Part One to find something you have dreamed about, and then write it in the aims … Continue reading →

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Another 25 quotes from advertising for schools with a quality disability

Posted on 21/09/2008 by alexcase

70. “If you want to chatter away in your own language, what the hell- you’re paying!” 71. “We’ve found the dead rat under classroom 7B” 72. “We will keep your teacher’s passport until you pass the FCE” 73. “You just never know what will … Continue reading →

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Slogans for crap English schools

Posted on 07/09/2008 by alexcase

1. “Officially the blondest teachers of any school in Japan/ China/ Taiwan etc” 2. “We’ve never changed because we are perfect” 3. “Come and see the new batch of teachers, fresh off the plane” 4. “The youth of our teachers … Continue reading →

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25 ways to be the best TEFLer you can be

Posted on 03/09/2008 by alexcase

1. Only write in phonemic script If you have to teach everyone else the script before they can read your will, medical reports etc, all the better! 2. Limit everything you write to Elementary level vocabulary i.e. make sure your … Continue reading →

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