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Making it Visible: Shedding Light on What Happens Beyond the Book

29 de agosto de 2023

Multiple choice: Your kid came home singing in English and you: a) record a video and share it in the family group chat b) congratulate their English teacher c) believe the school’s bilingual program is a success d) try to find the song in the coursebook A school is a place filled with stimuli,...Read More

Bilingual Education, Language Acquisition

education, EFL, elt, Language acquisition, Second-language acquisition

Finders keepers, losers weepers

19 de março de 2023

by Ana Carolina Calil

“Help I need somebody (Help) not just anybody (Help) you know I need someone (Help)” New school year, same old problems! After a well-deserved break, school administrators come back to find that part of their staff has left them hanging and, while staff shortage is seen as the Achille’s heel of ELT, few managers are...Read More

Bilingual Education, Career, Reflections about Education, Sin categoría, Teacher Development

Teacher turnover

New Year’s Resolutions

21 de janeiro de 2023

by Ana Carolina Calil

resolution / ˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən / 2. the act of resolving or determining upon an action, course of action, method, procedure, etc. 3. a resolve; a decision or determination: to make a firm resolution to do something. 4. the mental state or quality of being resolved or resolute; firmness of purpose. Here we go again…...Read More

Sin categoría

career, challenges, motivation, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

22 de dezembro de 2022

by Ana Carolina Calil

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Gene Autry and The Pinafores You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen But do you recall The most famous reindeer of all? Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Had a very shiny nose And if you ever saw it You would even say...Read More

Bilingual Education, Inclusive Teaching, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Not about fish

21 de novembro de 2022

by Ana Carolina Calil

In Biology, fish shoal (/shohl/), stay together, for social reasons, deriving many benefits from it: defense against predators, enhanced foraging success, and even higher success in finding a mate. Fish even choose shoalmates of their own species, similar to them in age, size and appearance. When a group of fish swims in the same direction...Read More

Bilingual Education, Reflections about Education, Sin categoría

Language acquisition, student behavior

Meaning over form

21 de julho de 2020

by Ana Carolina Calil

Friday, 6p.m., the deafening bell rang. Surely there had been meetings in which “the bell issue” had come to light, but there was never enough time to actually do something about it. The empty halls were taken by running bodies who dragged half-open backpacks and screamed as if they had been held captive for way...Read More

#StaySafe

Classroom experiences, covid-19, Covid-19 Lockdown, EFL, elt, reflection, teaching

CLIL is the New Black

13 de março de 2020

by Ana Carolina Calil

Sunny afternoon in the capital of Brazil, a group of teachers awaits for the presentation of the new coursebooks. Curious eyes on the presenters, colorful boxes on the shelves and the expectation to end the day with grids and tables filled with content that would translate into a year’s worth of teaching. To their surprise,...Read More

Bilingual Education, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

CLIL, future_trends_in_education, Language acquisition, methods, reflection, Second-language acquisition

The secret handshake

13 de setembro de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

Year: 1999. Group: Basic 1. Place: Uberaba, MG – Brasil. Seventeen-year-old Ana Carolina stepped into a classroom for the first time. Young, restless, feeling entitled by her recently acquired C2 diploma and, most importantly: raw. Fluent, for sure. After one year of isolation from all Portuguese speakers in a cultural exchange program before cell phones...Read More

Bilingual Education, Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, education, EFL, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teaching

Standing the test of time

15 de agosto de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

Monday, 6 p.m., the sun peeking through the blinds in the brick and mortar language school building in Brazil. The teacher enters the room carrying a bag of props, flashcards, and her tape recorder. The recorder being to her as precious as a map to a Geography teacher: “Hi, John Peter! How are you today?”...Read More

Bilingual Education, Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Teacher Development, Technology, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teaching, technology

War and Peace

17 de junho de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

What do gunpowder, tobacco, and high-performance schools have in common? If we have the Great Wars of the 20th century as our backdrop, quite a lot. At the end of World War I, Germany was trying to cope with grave social problems. The owner of a cigarette company decided to fund a new school for...Read More

Bilingual Education

active methodologies, bilingualism, elt, pedagogy

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