New TEFL Articles and Worksheets April 2008
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Hopefully it’s just Mayday bank holiday rather than my lack of effort TEFLtasticwise recently that has seen a sudden drop in my number of views, but if only to make myself feel better I thought I’d give a list of where I’ve been making much more effort elsewhere, with links:
TEFL.net Idea Thinktank
15 fun ways to switch students onto graded readers
15 fun job application practice tasks- CV writing, cover letter, interview practice, HR vocabulary etc.
TEFL.net articles
15 common misconceptions about Business English and ESP
15 cultural differences in the Japanese classroom
15 more cultural differences in the Japanese classroom
15 criteria for a good cultural training lesson
15 more criteria for good cultural training lesson
15 important cultural differences in the classroom
15 more important cultural differences in the classroom
Onestopenglish (Macmillan) articles
Motivating teachers whose Business English students miss class
UsingEnglish articles for teachers
Why your students overuse their dictionaries- with solutions
70 characteristics of a good grammar presentation- possibly the longest article on this subject ever!
Why your students don’t want to do pairwork- with solutions and some pondering about whether they might not sometimes be right
Why your students still make mistakes with grammar they know well- with solutions and a call to relax when there are no solutions
The advantages and disadvantages of peer observations- with how to exploit the advantages and avoid the disadvantages
Things to put in a Self-Access Centre or Student Library- with tips on how to do it on the cheap
Why do my students question me?- with solutions
Why your students have problems with listening comprehension- with solutions
UsingEnglish.com articles for students (teachers might also want to have a look at what I am writing about them)
Why does my teacher make me read silently?
Why doesn’t my teacher correct all my mistakes when I’m speaking?
Why does my teacher make me learn the phonemic script?
UsingEnglish photocopiable PDF worksheets
Travel English pairwork B and V
Business and technical English easily confused words
CAE Reading Part Two match the quotes
TEFLtastic worksheets (pain in the arse to print out but worth the effort)
English for job applications/ HR worksheets
Cultural training worksheets for EFL classes
Requests and offers functional language review
The Roots of Medical English LP and 4 worksheets
And that’s it for TEFL stuff. The other thing I’ve been busy with is my wedding speech for the day after tomorrow, which could well mean that May will be an even less busy month in TEFLtasticland. Anyone fancy writing a guest piece or feeding me a story to keep the 1700 viewers I get on a good day entertained until I get back into the flow? If so, try the “Contact me” link on the right…