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My Medical and Pharmaceutical English worksheets now have their own page here:

http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/workshe ... l-english/

The ETJ Tokyo Expo/ bookfair is coming up in November, so just going round the publishers there trying to sell your idea face to face is the best idea. I know of people who have got work that way, although usually something totally different to their original idea... Details on bookfair here: http:/...

I've recently written a couple of articles on the subject: http://edition.tefl.net/articles/cultural-differences-in-classroom/ http://edition.tefl.net/articles/more-cultural-differences-in-classroom/ And some ideas on how to use that directly on a lesson about cultural issues: http://edition.tefl.ne...

I've written quite a lot about becoming an ELT writer on my blog. You can see some of the entries here: http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/publications/by-topic/elt-publishing/ I'd also be very interested if anyone else would like to write a guest piece on the topic. TEFLtastic blog- http://tefltastic....

15 simple fun and effective pronunciation games are described in an article I wrote recently: http://edition.tefl.net/ideas/pronunciation/top-fun-pronunciation-games/ Not as good as the book Pronunciation Games by Mark Hancock, but at least my ideas are free... TEFLtastic blog- http://tefltastic.wor...

My video worksheets page includes example of some activities that usually work better than just free discussion such as guessing things first then watching to check, describing what happens to a student who isn't watching, and trying to match what happens to trick sentences such as false friends. Mo...

The link above is now updated and includes more video worksheets including using TV ads to practice presentation skills.

It's just the one part of the exam, but if you like it and ask Macmillan for more I'm sure they'll ask me to write some more...

http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.a ... cid=144838

TEFLtastic blog- http://tefltastic.wordpress.com

Had a quick peep. Not teaching FCE at the moment, but looks good. Generally like Jon Mark's stuff too, so thanks for that.

My own FCE stuff is here:
http://tefltastic.wordpress.com/workshe ... exams/fce/

That sounds like a good recommendation. I've only flicked through it, but it looks easy to use.

TEFLtastic blog- http://tefltastic.wordpress.com

Sounds like she has an awful Chinese accent and her American colleagues are being polite to me. Either that or she was taught by someone with a strong accent from Newcastle, Glasgow or Belfast??

There's a textbook called business one:one especialy designed for one to one classes: http://www.oup.com/elt/global/products/businessoneone/ We've got a copy of each level at school, but to be honest I took a quick flick through, decided it was dull and have never picked it up again. I think it is e...

That's a good summary.

Some universities will accept CAE, CPE or TOEFL (very rarely FCE), but IELTS is by far the best choice for the UK, Australia etc- not only is it accepted all over, it also has the kind of language they will need once they start studying.

Pleeeeeeease! Can people say if the site they are recommending is connected to them in some way! It usually only takes the use of the word "my"

Nothing wrong with telling people about your site, which is why there is no reason not to mention that it is yours...

tefl.net is not my site by the way (some people assume it is), it just hosts my blog