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	<title>TEFLtastic with Alex Case</title>
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		<title>A special code for remembering students&#8217; details</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/a-special-code-for-remembering-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/a-special-code-for-remembering-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 06:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of teachers write words next to student names on the class register to remember who they are, but there can be problems with using whole words such as students seeing what is written and being offended. A personal code, however, can soon be forgotten and is no use to teachers who are covering [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A better way of using minimal pairs for consonant clusters?</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/pron/minimal-pairs/better-minimal-pairs-consonant-clusters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/pron/minimal-pairs/better-minimal-pairs-consonant-clusters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 21:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[minimal pairs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just come up with another variation on my last post about combining this vital pronunciation point and this easy to use activity . It is to use minimal pairs that are also consonant clusters, practising both the vowel or consonant distinction and using the right number of syllables. For example, you could do r/l with words [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Combining functional language with grammar etc</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/grammar/functional-language-with-grammar-etc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/grammar/functional-language-with-grammar-etc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 14:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Functional language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grammar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of my endless quest to make my ideas for teaching apologising, requests etc even half as popular as my worksheets for er/ est, Present Perfect Continuous etc, here are some ideas for combining the two: Functions with your curricula Many of the ideas available as worksheets here: Functional language worksheets]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding correction of spoken errors</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/grammar/err-corr/correction-of-spoken-errors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/grammar/err-corr/correction-of-spoken-errors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Error correction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; or at least avoiding ending each and every stage or lesson by writing a list of mistakes up on the board. Whatever your attitude to that CELTA-tastic activity, having alternatives has got to be a good thing, I reckon. My latest article is therefore: Spoken error correction &#8211; other options  No comment function there, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does reading help speaking more than listening does?</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/skills/reading/reading-helps-speaking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/skills/reading/reading-helps-speaking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 06:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Listening]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; because that is what I told one of my students in a one to one class the other day. I then wondered where on earth I got that idea from &#8211; as I don&#8217;t remember ever having consciously coming to that conclusion before &#8211; and whether it really is true. Still can&#8217;t answer the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New worksheets galore (and articles ungalore) April 2012</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/exams/ielts/worksheets-articles-april-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/exams/ielts/worksheets-articles-april-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 12:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cambridge First Certificate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clarifying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[comparatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dependent prepositions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Determiners and articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food vocabulary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Giving opinions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IELTS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interrupting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minimal pairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Present perfect]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Second conditional]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Will for predictions]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Busiest month for years on the worksheet front, but first: Articles How to teach formal and informal language Linking cultural training and grammar Fun oral practice for yet and already The best ways of teaching yet and already Worksheets Alphabet homophones and minimal pairs Preparing for a discussion Guessing British foods Nouns that are both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loads of new presentations lessons</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/biz/meetings/new-presentations-worksheets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/biz/meetings/new-presentations-worksheets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Language of meetings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9085</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[And when I say lessons I really mean lessons, as there is at least 15 hours of stuff there: Formal and informal presentations Voice and body in presentations roleplays Presentations feedback sheet Presentations prepositions pairwork Presentations roleplays and phrases Presentations determiners pairwork Presentations vocab, advice and phrases Gestures for presentations Full list, including some older [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of lovely new English for architects worksheets</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/biz/architects/new-architecture-worksheets/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/biz/architects/new-architecture-worksheets/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[English for architects]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new ones are here: Adjectives to describe architecture Architecture rotating revision board game Architecture vocabulary list dictation Describing architecture drawing games Innovations that most changed architecture Janglish for architects Architectural crises telephoning practice Vocabulary and telephoning for architects And all of them so far, including older stuff and links to other sites, are here: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Questions to ask a TEFL course provider you are considering</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/t-training/qualifications/tefl-course-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/t-training/qualifications/tefl-course-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TEFL qualifications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9079</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve written articles on the topic (see links at the bottom), but when you are speaking to them an actual list of questions like this is probably more useful: Academic questions The trainers How long have the teacher trainers been teaching? How long have the teacher trainers been training? What qualifications do they have? How long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The directions treasure hunt game</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/the-directions-treasure-hunt-game/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/the-directions-treasure-hunt-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Prepare a list of directions that refer students to written texts around the room, school or local area, designing it so that putting all the letters together (in the same order) gives them a message such as “Congratulations” or “Say ‘We are the Winners’ to your Teacher”. The first team to say the right phrase [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Should International House and the British Council get out of Syria?</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/chains/ih/out-of-syria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/chains/ih/out-of-syria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[British Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International House]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9075</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Quite apart from whatever risk there might be of teachers being trapped there if things really blow up (as very nearly happened in Libya), there must be some point at which the positive impact organisations can make by leaving as a protest would be more than the impact of staying. Or should cultural organisations absolutely never take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching &#8220;yet&#8221; and &#8220;already&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/grammar/past/pres-perf/teaching-yet-and-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/grammar/past/pres-perf/teaching-yet-and-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Present perfect]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9072</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two articles on the topic just up: Teaching Present Perfect with yet and already Speaking practice for yet and already Worksheets plus links to articles on other uses of Present Perfect here: Present Perfect Worksheets and Articles &#160; &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A games 1 &#8211; “Any Which Way You Can” Card Matching</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/tefl-games/any-which-way-you-can/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/tefl-games/any-which-way-you-can/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TEFL games]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Q&#38;A was the book proposal I’ve mentioned that I spent two years polishing up and four years sending around then decided I couldn’t be bothered writing when a medium-sized publisher finally said “Yes”. If I can be bothered finding it on my hard disk and polishing it up a bit, you will get it all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another reason not to listen to your students too much</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/dont-listen-to-students-too-much/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/dont-listen-to-students-too-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TEFL]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows 7 allows you to easily browse all the files in Documents by date, so I&#8217;ve been having a nostalgic look at stuff back to 2003. Something that has struck me is that vast majority of my classes in my first five years or so (i.e. until at least two years after I passed the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUP ELT recruiting contributors</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/publishing/oup-elt-recruiting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/publishing/oup-elt-recruiting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ELT publishing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Getting published]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oxford University Press (OUP)]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9067</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxford ELT are asking for a 60-minute Pre-Int text-based lesson plan and your CV, but don&#8217;t get too excited because it&#8217;s for reviewers and piloters as well as writers (although actually those first two are pretty interesting too): Oxford University Press ELT Author Recruitment For much more on ELT publishing see a couple of posts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Minimal pairs for Korean learners of English</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/asia/korea/korean-minimal-pairs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/teach-abroad/asia/korea/korean-minimal-pairs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[minimal pairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teaching English in Korea]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Links are to list of minimal pairs divided by level that I&#8217;ve been working on. Will add more links as more lists go up. Voiced and unvoiced consonants b and p (bore and pore) v and f (van and fan) d and t (doe and toe) &#8211; final d and t dj and ch (jaw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>All my articles on teaching kids &#8211; reorganised and much expanded</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/yl/teaching-kids-articles/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/yl/teaching-kids-articles/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:20:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching young learners]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Am back to teaching little and very little ones from next week (despite being absolutely convinced I am too old for it), so thought I&#8217;d have a look at my page of articles on the topic to help me plan a YL lesson for the first time in 18 months. Was surprised by how few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top tips for getting involved in ELT publishing</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/publishing/get-published/getting-into-elt-publishing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/publishing/get-published/getting-into-elt-publishing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:03:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting published]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You could say I’m a kind of expert on this topic, because the way I messed up my promising start in ELT publishing is a perfect warning story to anyone else who is taking their first steps. It seems I’m temperamentally unsuited to doing most of the things below, but here’s what the rest of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cover and handover notes for Business English classes</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/biz/handover-notes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/biz/handover-notes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business English and ESP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/?p=9046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How to write up details of the critically important Business English and ESP classes, including three real-life examples. It is quite easy to imagine what could go wrong if you have to step into a kids’ class that you know nothing about – the word “riot” springs instantly to mind. At least as scary, though, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CELTA plus PTLLS</title>
		<link>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/t-training/qualifications/cambridge/celta/celta-plus-ptlls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tefl/t-training/qualifications/cambridge/celta/celta-plus-ptlls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Case</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[CELTA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have only just come across this option, but sounds like a good one if you are British: CELTA plus an initial qualification in teaching in the further education sector in the UK, all for as little as 735 pounds. If that saves you from the private TEFL sector in London, it has to be a [...]]]></description>
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