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Here you’ll find all Blog posts listed 1) by category or 2) by month.
1) TEFLtastic posts by category:
clarifying
(1)
consonant clusters
(1)
Cultural differences/ cultural training
(102)
Body language and gestures
(10)
Cross cultural training in EFL
(16)
festivals and celebrations
(16)
Christmas lessons
(10)
New Year themed lessons
(7)
Taboo topics
(9)
Linguistics, applied linguistics and SLA
(131)
Applied linguistics books
(9)
Chomsky
(5)
Corpus linguistics
(6)
Discourse analysis
(2)
English as an International Language/ Lingua Franca
(15)
Good language learners
(4)
Language learning tips
(12)
Linguistics book reviews
(14)
Popular linguistics books
(7)
Memory and language learning
(4)
Motivation
(6)
Pragmatics
(2)
Sociolinguistics
(2)
Word origins
(10)
Teaching English Abroad
(331)
Teaching English in Africa
(4)
Teaching English in North Africa
(2)
teaching English in Libya
(1)
Teaching English in Tunisia
(1)
Teaching English in Rwanda
(1)
Teaching English in Asia
(210)
Teaching English in Afghanistan
(2)
Teaching English in China
(20)
Disney English
(1)
Teaching English in India
(5)
Teaching English in Indonesia
(2)
Teaching English in Japan
(134)
ALT
(11)
JET
(3)
Eikaiwa
(31)
David English House
(2)
Gaba
(2)
Geos
(2)
Nova
(15)
History of English teaching in Japan
(3)
Interac
(1)
JALT
(3)
Junior colleges (senmongakko)
(1)
Smith Schools of English Japan
(1)
Teaching in community centres
(1)
Teaching in Japanese companies
(2)
Teaching in Japanese universities
(3)
Teaching Japanese primary school children
(5)
Teaching English in Kazakhstan
(1)
Teaching English in Korea
(59)
Konglish
(6)
Teaching English in Malaysia
(2)
Teaching English in Sri Lanka
(1)
Teaching English in Taiwan
(4)
Teaching English in Thailand
(21)
Chiang Mai University
(2)
Teaching English in the Phillipines
(1)
Teaching English in Vietnam
(2)
Teaching English in Brazil
(1)
Teaching English in Europe
(87)
Teaching English in Eastern Europe
(10)
Teaching English in Albania
(1)
Teaching English in Bosnia
(1)
Teaching English in Hungary
(1)
Teaching English in Russia
(4)
Teaching English in the Czech Republic
(2)
Teaching English in Turkey
(5)
Teaching English in Western Europe
(70)
Teaching English in Finland
(1)
Teaching English in France
(3)
Teaching English in Germany
(2)
Teaching English in Italy
(1)
Teaching English in Rome
(1)
Teaching English in Spain
(19)
Opening
(2)
Teaching English in Madrid
(1)
Teaching English in Sweden
(1)
TEFL in Iceland
(1)
TEFL in the UK
(44)
Accreditation UK
(3)
ARELS
(3)
British Council accreditation
(11)
ESOL in the UK
(2)
Oxford Street schools
(4)
UK summer schools
(3)
Windsor Schools
(6)
Teaching English in Mexico
(3)
Laughing Coyote School of English
(1)
Teaching English in the Middle East
(6)
Teaching English in Saudi Arabia
(3)
Teaching English in UAE
(1)
TESOL in Australia
(2)
TESOL in the US
(4)
TEFL
(1043)
Alternative teaching techniques
(68)
Class-centred teaching
(1)
CLIL
(9)
Community language learning
(2)
Dogme
(9)
Humanistic language teaching
(14)
Pilgrims
(4)
NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming)
(2)
Suggestopedia
(3)
The Callam Method
(2)
The Silent Way
(6)
Using L1 in class
(6)
Business English and ESP
(129)
Aviation English
(1)
Business and ESP writing
(5)
Business English games
(18)
English for Academic Purposes
(18)
English for architects
(4)
Financial English
(6)
Language of meetings
(6)
Legal English
(1)
Marketing
(1)
Medical and pharmaceutical English
(8)
Needs analysis
(10)
Pre-experience learners
(1)
Teaching numbers
(18)
ordinal numbers
(2)
Technical English
(16)
Travel and tourism
(10)
Trends language
(4)
Classroom management
(76)
Body language in the classroom
(6)
Classroom dynamics
(18)
Classroom routines
(4)
Discipline in the classroom
(13)
Eliciting
(6)
Mixed ability classes
(10)
Pairwork and groupwork
(19)
Problem students
(23)
Teaching large classes
(3)
Teaching mixed level classes
(4)
Teaching one to one private classes
(1)
Teaching shy students
(6)
Using a whiteboard
(4)
EFL exams
(97)
BULATS
(22)
CAE
(4)
Cambridge First Certificate
(12)
Cambridge Proficiency
(3)
Cambridge Young Learner Exams
(4)
ETS
(24)
TOEFL
(9)
TOEIC
(20)
ICFE
(1)
IELTS
(52)
IELTS Academic Reading
(4)
IELTS Speaking
(12)
IELTS Writing
(6)
placement tests
(1)
ELT publishing
(122)
Cambridge University Press
(24)
copyright
(2)
Delta Publishing
(8)
ELT Journal
(4)
Getting published
(3)
Helbling Languages
(1)
Macmillan
(9)
Marshall Cavendish
(3)
modern english teacher magazine
(6)
Oxford University Press (OUP)
(12)
Pearson Longman
(11)
Summertown Publishing
(1)
Functional language
(64)
advice/ recommendations
(4)
Apologies
(2)
Complaints
(9)
giving directions
(1)
Giving opinions
(3)
interrupting
(1)
Language of generalisation
(5)
Language of negotiation
(5)
Politeness
(3)
presentation skills
(2)
Requests
(6)
Social English
(8)
suggestions
(2)
Thanking
(2)
Vague language and hedging
(2)
Grammar
(153)
Adjectives
(20)
comparatives
(8)
superlatives
(7)
Adverbs
(12)
adverb word order
(2)
Adverbs of frequency
(9)
auxiliary verbs
(2)
Conditionals
(24)
First conditional
(6)
Mixed conditionals
(4)
Second conditional
(11)
Third conditional
(4)
conjunctions
(2)
countable and uncountable nouns
(11)
Determiners and articles
(16)
definite article
(3)
Error correction
(18)
Future tenses
(36)
Future continuous
(2)
Future perfect
(4)
Going to for future plans
(10)
Going to for predictions with present evidence
(7)
Going to/ will
(2)
will for offers
(1)
Will for predictions
(10)
infinitive of purpose
(1)
Modals
(11)
Modals of deduction
(2)
Modals of possibility probability
(3)
Passives
(6)
past tenses
(35)
Past continuous
(14)
Past perfect
(5)
Present perfect
(12)
Present Perfect Continuous
(5)
Present perfect/ simple past
(2)
possessive s
(2)
Prepositions
(19)
Dependent prepositions
(4)
prepositions of movement
(1)
prepositions of position
(5)
prepositions of time
(4)
Present tenses
(25)
present continuous
(5)
Present simple for routines etc.
(3)
Present simple/ continuous
(11)
Question formation
(3)
relative clauses
(7)
reported speech
(5)
state and action verbs
(2)
tense review
(6)
verb patterns
(3)
Word order
(1)
Learner motivation
(19)
Personalisation
(3)
Learner training
(17)
Syllabus negotiation
(1)
Lesson planning
(29)
Staging
(13)
Ending lessons
(3)
Starting lessons
(3)
links
(272)
Dave Sperling's ESL Cafe
(9)
developingteachers.com
(4)
EL Gazette
(16)
ELT World
(4)
ELTgames.com
(1)
English Teaching Professional
(11)
Guardian TEFL
(15)
HLT magazine
(3)
LearnEnglishKids
(1)
Onestopenglish
(7)
Teacher forums
(17)
TEFL blogs
(93)
Chase me ladies
(3)
Critical Mass ELT
(5)
EFL geek
(8)
English droid
(3)
Englishteacherx
(7)
Insights into TEFL
(2)
Let's Japan
(5)
notes from the TEFL graveyard
(5)
Special Brew Man
(1)
Specific English
(1)
teacher in development
(2)
teacher talk blog
(2)
TEFL blacklist
(10)
TEFL Tradesman
(12)
TEFLlogue
(9)
TEFLtrade
(9)
TEFLwatch
(5)
TESLA Coil
(2)
The Marxist TEFL Group
(4)
TEFL forums
(3)
TEFL School Reviews
(4)
Telegraph TEFL
(2)
Usingenglish
(39)
Materials
(182)
Experience of Language Teaching
(5)
flashcards
(3)
Grammar books
(5)
Photocopiable worksheets
(93)
Self-study materials
(10)
TEFL e books
(4)
TEFL reviews
(35)
textbooks
(50)
Adapting textbooks
(6)
Business English textbooks
(4)
General English textbooks
(19)
Natural English
(3)
New Cambridge English Course
(1)
Using monolingual dictionaries
(2)
Writing ELT textbooks and materials
(7)
Pronunciation
(28)
Difficult sounds
(2)
minimal pairs
(4)
Phonemic script
(3)
Schwa
(2)
sentence stress
(1)
Weak forms
(1)
Skills
(108)
Listening
(15)
Songs with adults
(3)
Reading
(19)
Graded readers (easy readers)
(4)
Phonics
(5)
Pre-teaching vocabulary
(1)
scanning
(1)
skimming
(1)
Speaking
(38)
Discussion questions
(16)
Roleplays
(3)
Telephoning
(18)
Answerphone messages
(2)
teleconference
(4)
video conference
(3)
Writing
(47)
Academic writing
(5)
Email
(19)
forms
(1)
Memos
(3)
Notes
(3)
postcards
(2)
Punctuation
(6)
Paragraphing
(4)
Reports
(2)
Reviews
(2)
Spelling
(3)
Spelling rules
(1)
Typical spelling mistakes
(2)
Text messages (SMS)
(2)
Teacher associations
(17)
English Teachers in Japan
(5)
IATEFL
(7)
KOTESOL
(2)
Teacher training
(213)
CPD
(33)
mentoring
(5)
personal learning network
(2)
TEFL conferences
(5)
TEFL workshops
(8)
Lesson observations
(15)
Peer observations
(6)
TEFL qualifications
(165)
Cambridge ESOL
(87)
Cambridge Delta
(29)
CELTA
(64)
interview fee/ application fee
(2)
Online CELTA
(4)
Young Learner Extension to the CELTA
(2)
MA Applied Linguistics
(7)
MA TESOL
(23)
PGCE in TEFL
(5)
TEFL certificate
(93)
Cactus TEFL
(6)
i-to-i TEFL
(5)
IATQUO
(3)
intesol
(2)
ITTO
(1)
odlqc
(1)
Online TEFL certificate
(13)
Global TESOL
(3)
SIT TESOL
(2)
TEFL England
(1)
TEFL International
(19)
Bruce Veldhuisen
(13)
TEFL Scotland
(1)
Trinity
(17)
Diploma in TESOL
(4)
Trinity CertTESOL
(6)
unitefl
(2)
Via Lingua
(2)
Weekend TEFL course
(2)
Windsor TEFL
(7)
Teaching low levels
(12)
Teaching methods and methodologies
(32)
PPP (Presentation practice production)
(9)
TBA (Task Based Approach)
(8)
Test teach test
(4)
The lexical approach
(2)
TPR
(6)
Using authentic texts
(1)
Teaching older students
(4)
Teaching teenagers
(29)
English for study abroad
(6)
Teaching young learners
(75)
English through craftwork
(3)
pre-school/ kindergarten/ very young learners
(26)
Using songs with kids
(9)
Using storybooks
(4)
Technology
(81)
Distance learning
(4)
EFL CD ROMs
(4)
Electronic dictionaries
(2)
Interactive whiteboard
(13)
online games
(5)
overhead projector
(1)
teaching online
(3)
Twitter
(7)
video
(18)
Mr Bean
(5)
Webquest
(2)
TEFL career planning
(69)
becoming a teacher trainer
(6)
ELT management
(14)
Becoming a Director of Studies
(5)
finding good TEFL jobs
(12)
first TEFL job
(12)
getting into ELT publishing
(5)
getting out of TEFL
(2)
Retirement for TEFL teachers
(1)
self employed TEFL teachers
(3)
TEFL CV/ TESOL resume
(5)
TEFL interview questions
(3)
TEFL celebs/ TEFL heroes and villains
(70)
Andrew Wright
(1)
Dave Willis
(1)
Rod Ellis
(3)
TEFL heroes- Alan Maley
(2)
TEFL heroes- David Crystal
(3)
TEFL heroes- Jeremy Harmer
(6)
TEFL heroes- John and Liz Soars
(3)
TEFL heroes- Jon Marks
(3)
TEFL heroes- Mario Rinvolucri
(7)
TEFL heroes- Melanie Butler
(5)
TEFL Heroes- Michael Lewis
(2)
TEFL heroes- Michael Swan
(3)
TEFL heroes- Rose M Senior
(5)
TEFL heroes- Sandy McManus
(13)
TEFL heroes- Scott Thornbury
(9)
TEFL heroes- Zoltan Dornyei
(1)
TEFL villains- Jennifer Jenkins
(4)
TEFL villains- Paul Lowe
(13)
TEFL chains
(52)
Bell
(2)
Berlitz
(3)
British Council
(18)
EF
(11)
International House
(4)
Kaplan
(3)
Shane Language Schools
(4)
St Giles
(1)
Wall Street
(4)
TEFL games
(119)
board games
(7)
call my bluff
(6)
Drilling games
(1)
Error correction games
(3)
Find someone who
(2)
Flashcard games
(4)
Grammar games
(41)
pelmanism
(1)
pictionary
(1)
pronunciation games
(2)
reading games
(1)
Revision games
(3)
Speaking games
(19)
Taboo
(2)
Spelling games
(2)
Warmers
(1)
Whiteboard games
(1)
Writing games
(8)
TEFL scams
(44)
Dodgy TEFL courses
(17)
Dodgy TEFL school owners
(15)
Vocabulary
(95)
Academic vocabulary
(8)
Appearance vocabulary
(2)
Body parts vocabulary
(6)
British and American English
(4)
Collocations
(13)
adjective plus preposition
(3)
Compound nouns
(2)
euphemisms
(1)
False friends
(7)
Family vocabulary
(3)
Feelings vocabulary
(3)
Food vocabulary
(5)
Household vocabulary
(2)
Idioms
(5)
lexical sets
(1)
nationality adjectives
(2)
personality vocabulary
(4)
phrasal verbs
(3)
slang
(6)
sports vocabulary
(4)
Vocabulary games
(19)
Working conditions
(45)
Job security
(13)
Strikes
(4)
TEFL pay
(6)
Unions
(5)
TESOL
(221)
unreal past
(2)
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