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Just a minute, let me think!

2 de setembro de 2014

Just a minute, let me think![1] The first decision I had to make regarding this post was if I wanted to write in Portuguese or in English. That was because it is based on a three-question survey I conducted with my last year high school students (3o ano do Ensino Médio) where I work...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners

Great teachers are to be treasured, but how do we recognise them?

2 de agosto de 2014

by elainehodgson

If you were present at the last BRAZ-TESOL National Convention in João Pessoa, you may, just like me, keep going down memory lane and think about the highlights of the conference. For me, one of these highlights, was when the brilliant plenary speaker J. J. Wilson said “Great teachers have to be treasured, not measured.”...Read More

Career

Do you understand?

2 de julho de 2014

by elainehodgson

In my experience as an English teacher, I have observed other teachers’ lessons and been observed countless times. It is probably safe to say that the majority of teachers are much more concerned about what to do than about how to do it. However, the ‘hows’ can be as important as the ‘whats’ and ‘whys’,...Read More

Classroom Management, Lesson Ideas, Skills, Teacher Development

Classroom experiences, teaching

My kid wants to be a teacher. Now what?

2 de junho de 2014

by elainehodgson

I must have mentioned before on this blog that I teach adolescents in their last year of High School. Needless to say, this is a period of great anxiety as most of them intend to go to university and now have to choose a career. It is the time when most of them realise that...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, career, Professional, teaching

On motivation

2 de maio de 2014

by elainehodgson

By the time this post is published, I will have spent two days in the lovely city of João Pessoa where, as most of you know, the 14th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference is being held. This will be my 7th BRAZ-TESOL Conference. While I was packing I began asking myself: What motivated me to go? Why...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, engagement, extrinsic, intrinsic, motivation, professional development

Self-observation: why not?

2 de abril de 2014

by elainehodgson

Very soon, I will celebrate my 25th teaching anniversary. This got me thinking about the beginning of my career, what was different then, what is still rather similar and especially how differently (or similarly) I used to teach. How have all these years influenced and shaped the way I teach today? To answer these questions...Read More

Teacher Development

class observation, evaluation, feedback, improvement, peer observation, self-observation

It’s only English…

2 de março de 2014

by elainehodgson

Last week I happened to read a post in a well-known Brazilian newspaper blog explaining that several students who have been granted scholarships in the program Science without Borders are at risk of an early and compulsory return to Brazil. The reason? They have not achieved the minimum proficiency in English to be able to...Read More

Career

EFL, language proficiency, Science without Borders

Learn faster with native teachers! Still?

2 de fevereiro de 2014

by elainehodgson

“Learn English 50% faster with native teachers.” That TV ad got me thinking if that was still really appealing to learners in Brazil. In other words, do people actually believe in that? A quick search on Google helped clarify things for me. There are several ads like that. Not only do they claim students will...Read More

Career

learning beliefs, Natives Teachers, NNs, Non-Natives teachers, Ns

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