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Beatriz Solino de Francisco

My Innovative Teaching Dilemma

4 de setembro de 2021

Last month, we talked about the innovator teacher’s dilemma, and I would like to share my innovative experience with you. I’m sure you have already heard of: Cross over teaching, Teaching through smart boards, Flipped classrooms Collaborative Teaching Using Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) Technology and innovative methods of teaching And more Are...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Technology

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The innovator teacher’s dilemma

4 de agosto de 2021

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Are you tired of listening or reading about how innovative teachers must be in the classroom? Especially now, during and after the covid-19 (years 2020 – 2021) when we were forced to reinvent ourselves and our classroom? Why are you tired of it? Maybe because it is tiring to be always looking for different ways...Read More

Classroom Experiences

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Online Lessons – Using Task-based Language Teaching – Part 3

25 de maio de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

The use of this current communicative approach is very common in the English lesson field. We always tend to use a task as the topic of the lesson and ask students to perform this task at the end of this lesson. As the name states TBLT, also known as TBI (task-based instruction) focuses on the...Read More

#StaySafe, Classroom Experiences

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Online Lessons – Using Communicative Language Teaching – Part 2

18 de maio de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Coronavirus day 3.648: It feels like that, right? At least, it does for me. Since this has all begun and we started teaching remotely, I have been re-reading all my academic books, trying to find various other approaches and/or methods for dealing with “emergency remote teaching” in a way that lessons will be meaningful, not...Read More

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Online Lessons – Using TPR – Part 1

15 de maio de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

First of all, I’d like to send a warm hug to everyone who is reading this post. We have been living under stressful moments due to an emergency lockdown caused by the COVID-19. As you know, and based on your own needs, families require your full attention, exceptionally now. You are no longer “only” teaching...Read More

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Teaching at Institutions x Regular Schools

4 de fevereiro de 2020

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

When did you decide to become a teacher? Did it start because life happened or did it start because you planned it? Did you take into consideration all the effort you would have to put into it? Or all the hours you would have to spend trying to make your lesson better for that particular...Read More

Career

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SWOT analysis to improve personal feedback

4 de outubro de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Have you ever heard of the SWOT analysis? It comes from the Administration and Management of a business. This technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led this research project at Stanford University in the 60s, using data from many top companies. His goals failed at the time, but the SWOT analysis had yet a...Read More

Career

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Why do school projects succeed or fail?

9 de setembro de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

If you work in a language Institution or in a (high) school as a teacher, a coordinator or if you are a school principal or owner, you are aware that cultural events are a substantial part of the breakdown. Any school events or activities that entail cultural and social fronts are providing the students an...Read More

ELT Management

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If you want to master something, teach it!

4 de agosto de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

“If you want to master something, teach it. A great way to learn is to teach.” Richard Feynman – theoretical physicist This was Edutopia’s 24th of June Facebook post which was shared as a “tip” on my Instagram stories on the same day! I wrote: This is my motto, and it is, it has been...Read More

Career

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Disparities between ELTers – why does that happen?

4 de maio de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

This post is going to be very personal. I believe that it will depict exactly what I have been feeling for the past few months – the lack of companionship and the empty competition there is in our field. Competition in a field or at a workplace might be profitable in the sense that it...Read More

Career

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