Here are some poignant quotes about TEFAL teaching. I took a TEFAL course to get a handle on this pan-dimensional subject. I got a job teaching TEFAL in China but just couldn’t stick it out. TEFAL is often panned as a job Occasionally there’s a sticky situation […]
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Quick Edit is a simple CALL activity which lets students work together in writing texts. It helps with critical reading and also allows peer checking which means grammar, spelling and vocabulary checks. Essentially it is a form of Peer Correction. Note that although this is presented as a CALL activity, […]
Continue ReadingPunctuation Saves Lives (TEFAL)
An idea of how important it is to punctuate correctly. Punctuation does, indeed, save lives…
Continue ReadingPrice Comparison (CALL Activity)
Price Comparison is a simple activity designed for all levels of class from beginners to advanced and from General English to Business English, teenagers to adults. It can be used to practice skimming as well as reading for specifics. Best done as a CALL activity, it can also be adapted […]
Continue ReadingPresidential Commas (TEFAL)
The evil of commas: grammatical FAIL. This is a screenshot from 2012 US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s website. In it he appears to be advocating that Americans hunt and shoot their own families. Why? We don’t know yet…
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