All articles by Alex Case
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Business needs analysis: Negotiating a syllabus
A lesson by Alex Case that you can use with a new class as part of conducting a needs analysis. In the lesson, students practise the language of negotiating and presenting conclusions, whilst also thinking about what they would like to do in class.
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ArticleTOEIC Reading & Listening: Part 7 – Reading comprehension
This lesson helps students improve their reading speeds, to assist them with Part 7 of the reading section in the TOEIC Reading and Listening test.
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ArticleTOEIC Reading & Listening: Part 2 – Question-Response
This lesson links the language used in initial meetings with Part 2 of the listening section of the TOEIC Listening & Reading test.
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ArticleTOEIC Reading & Listening: Parts 1 to 7 – Vocabulary
This lesson helps students improve their knowledge of language found throughout the TOEIC Reading and Listening test, particularly words and expressions that mean the same thing (synonyms).
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Methodology: Motivating teachers whose business students miss class
Alex Case offers advice on how Business English and ESP teachers can stay motivated despite poor class attendance.
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Business teaching approaches: What’s it all about?
In this article taken from ENGLISH TEACHING professional magazine, Alex Case makes the case that taking an interest in his business students’ fields of expertise can pay personal and professional dividends.
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Talking business
In this article taken from ENGLISH TEACHING professional magazine, Alex Case discusses the importance of teaching pronunciation to Business English students.
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Mixed-ability classes
Alex Case addresses the difficulties faced by teachers whose young learners have very different levels of English.
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IELTS: Describing data-line graphs 1
Some top tips, a lesson plan and a student worksheet about describing data-line graphs to help with the writing component of the IELTS exam.
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Air travel English
To introduce and extend language for travelling by plane and to introduce the passive voice (present simple).
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Warmer/FillerFirst Day: First lesson games
Help your students familiarise themselves with you, the classroom and each other with this selection of games and activities.
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ArticleFirst Day: First classes with young learners
Check out this article by Alex Case with tips for approaching first lessons with young learners.
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Lesson Share: Writing: Fun with formal letter writing
A fun, interactive lesson to introduce formal letters for pre-intermediate and above. Students analyze useful sentence stems in context and then practise them with an interactive, competitive writing game.
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One-to-one methodology: Situation one – dealing with students who just want to chat
How do you encourage a one-to-one student to focus on grammar, vocabulary or pronunciation, when all they want to do in their lessons is chat? Alex Case provides tips for dealing with this situation, along with a sample lesson plan.
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ArticleExams: FCE or CAE cloze practice games
Three games to liven up exam class practice for the open cloze exam tasks, and to make sure students really know their way around the exam.
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One-to-one methodology: Situation two – dealing with reluctant business English learners
How do you encourage an in-company student to learn business English, when they'd prefer to chat about their family? Alex Case provides tips and advice for dealing with this situation, including a sample lesson plan.
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ArticleNeeds analysis
Articles, lesson plans and worksheets to help you assess the needs of your business English students.
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Business needs analysis: What questions should I ask?
Unsure what questions to ask your students when designing a needs analysis, or short on time and would like a list of suggestions? Alex Case offers a short list of questions you can use when conducting a needs analysis.