New articles and worksheets May 2008
This post might just seem like a list of links, but actually this is the good stuff- TEFLtastic was started as a way of linking to my much more serious and useful stuff elsewhere on the web, and to be honest the actual blog entries just remain a bit of padding between the links. So, click away and see if you agree that I am capable of more than vaguely funny attempts at satire and self-indulgent musings on the meaning of TEFL:
On Usingenglish.com
Worksheets
Business English- Words that can and can’t be shortened
Articles for students (but hopefully of interest to teachers too)
Why does my teacher make me use an English-English dictionary?
Why does my teacher make me learn English grammar words?
On TEFL.net
Games and other practical teaching ideas in the Idea Thinktank
15 uses for guessing games in any pre-school English class
15 problems and solutions for large pre-school classes
15 variations on TPR for little kids
The 15 stages of teaching numbers- for everyone from 2 year olds to financial analysts
15 ways to simplify reading texts
15 ways to reproduce exam conditions
15 ways to make EFL exam tasks fun
15 ways to make EFL exam tasks easier
Slightly more general and theoretical stuff in the TEFL articles section
15 problems and solutions for large pre-school classes
15 ways to judge an EFL textbook for adults
15 criteria for a good pre-school English class
15 reasons why PPP is so unfashionable
And if all that ain’t enough for yer, here’s the link to all my publications on the Net since 1874.