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Beatriz Meneguetti

Producing a professional image – a difficult job.

19 de janeiro de 2019

I have been dealing with so many projects that I haven’t written in ages, and exactly because I got involved with those projects, more and more were requested from me, including having to talk and write about me to people in other projects and countries. I got really stuck and that made me think why,...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

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Accountability – Be transparet with your work

7 de maio de 2018

by Beatriz Meneguetti

It’s been a while since I last wrote about this topic but recently this has been such a recurrent issue around that there was no way to avoid it. ACCOUNTABILITY, the word, the feeling, the idea, the demand and the right when we teach. Having chosen teaching as a career, all you can do is...Read More

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Assessment for young learners – Final View!

7 de dezembro de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Well, I have been discussing assessment for sometime now, discussing from Young Learners characteristics, general assessment types to specific ones that cater for young learners. Now, it’s important to understand how all the information presented can be put together within the framework of children’s course. In my reality, young learners’ lessons are very dynamic and...Read More

Classroom Experiences

assessment-types, Young learners

Assessment types for young learners

7 de novembro de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Following the topic of previous months – assessing young learners – I will here discuss a bit some types we can use with this age groups. Effective language assessment provides chances for children to use their abilities to demonstrate what they can do at their appropriate level. It requires acknowledgement of the principles we have...Read More

Reflections about Education, Skills

language assessment, tradutor, Young learners

Speaking Assessment

9 de outubro de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Teaching Young Learners have always interested me and assessing them comes hand in hand with it, obviously, so, for sometime now, I have been researching this area and developed a work on speaking assessment which I would like to share with you. In order not to bore you all with an ginormous reading, I have...Read More

Language testing & assessment, Reflections about Education

assessment, speaking, young_learners

Characteristics of Young Learners according to the area of development and the implication in teaching them

7 de agosto de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I have been working on teaching young learners a lot in these past months, mostly due to a new project we are implementing in our school, so I really thought about sharing some of the views I have been studying which definitely impact the teaching of these students. Cognitive development According to McKay (2006:6-14) children...Read More

Reflections about Education

cognitive development, McKay, memories strategies, Piaget, Vygotsky, Young learners

What English do you teach? Are we bilingual or proficient?

7 de julho de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I have decided to write about these “types” of English as a lot is being discussed in terms of approaches in teaching due to lots of schools claiming to be “bilingual”. Well, in fact, let’s discuss those two things – what facet of English we deal with in our regular teaching reality and what bilingualism...Read More

Reflections about Education

bilingual, bilingualism, proficient, second language

Giving clear instructions

10 de maio de 2016

by Beatriz Meneguetti

It seems such an obvious concept and such an easy thing to do, but then, you set up a task, or ask for an action, and it does not come up as imagined. Sometimes, students just understand or get partial information on what they are supposed to do and so, undesired behaviour comes to play....Read More

Teacher Development

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Gamification – A way into engaging students more

7 de abril de 2016

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Let’s start by defining gamification, which according to Oxford Dictionary is the application of typical elements of game playing to other areas of activity. In our case, it’s the is the concept of applying game mechanics and game design techniques to engage and motivate students to achieve their goals. Games have existed for a very...Read More

Games, Reflections about Education

Engaging students, Games, Gamification

Getting a job in a serious language school.

7 de março de 2016

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Beginning of a new term in a year always brings a question mark… Will there be a need of new professionals joining the staff of a school or not? Who and how to hire them? Even though we plan well ahead the steps, it is always a surprise when we finally start the term. A...Read More

Teacher Development

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