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Bico – Teaching as an occupation to fall back on?

5 de junho de 2016

They say crisis equals opportunity, and the Brazilian website bicos.com.br has pointed out that teaching is its visitors’ number one choice out of their financial predicaments. You can imagine how that went viral (and quite virulent) among Brazilian teachers. According to Brazilian legislation, regular school teachers need to have a teaching license, which will take the candidate...Read More

Career

bico, career, job requirements, teaching

And you know what else, she’s a Carioca

5 de maio de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

I was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro. Now that’s something to be proud of: not only did I survive (mostly unscathed) one of the world’s most dangerous cities, but I also get beaming smiles and even hear some bossa nova tunes when I tell foreigners that’s where I’m from. So being from Rio...Read More

Career

equality, native speakerism, NES, NNES, non-native English language teacher, prejudice

Pragmatically speaking – why don’t we study and teach Pragmatics more?

5 de abril de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

A friend of mine, who is also an English teacher, was taking Pragmatics at uni and admitted she was struggling to see the point of all that theory. I wanted to reply in neon and all caps: “All the point in the world!” Ironically, I don’t think I did convince her. I say it was...Read More

Language Acquisition, Speaking and Spoken Language

British vs American, communicative functions, corrective feedback, error correction, functions, intercultural competence, miscommunication, mistakes, misunderstanding, pragmatic competence, pragmatics

Why teachers need a pronunciation dictionary

5 de março de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

A teacher who is worried about his or her language development has many avenues to pursue, pronunciation being only one of them. On that matter, though, here is a tip: don’t snub pronunciation dictionaries! I know what you are thinking, “Why on earth would people need pronunciation dictionaries if regular dictionaries (even those online!) have...Read More

Pronunciation, Teacher Development

dictionaries, dictionary, language development, mistakes teachers make, phonology, pronunciation, teacher development, variation, Wells

“Neném, tsc tsc, não gostei.” – A tribute to a great teacher

8 de fevereiro de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

A few days ago, a former classmate of mine sent me the saddest Facebook message, “They are turning off Helimar’s life support.” Deep breath. Helimar was our Portuguese teacher. He taught my group at years 3, 5, and 8, if memory serves me right. Somehow he knew how to deal with us at any age, no...Read More

Classroom Experiences

special teacher, tribute

Blind to Brazil(s)

6 de janeiro de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

Today is January 6th, which in Brazil is called ‘Dia de Reis’, a day in honor of the three Wise Men. Having grown up in Rio, I used to think January 6th was nothing but a day to take Christmas decorations down. Then one day, as an adult already, I happened to be in Piauí...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education

bias, culture, festivals, teaching culture

Google is a teacher’s BFF: Googling vocabulary

5 de dezembro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

In Part 1 of this text, I went over 2 tips about using dictionaries and 1 tip about corpora and Google NGram. In fact, nowadays, there is no question that Google is a teacher’s BFF… if and only if we know how to use it. So here are more tips for looking up vocabulary...Read More

Teacher Development, Vocabulary

Google, teacher language development, vocabulary

Dictionaries are a teacher’s best friend!

12 de novembro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

Once upon a time, a colleague entered the teachers’ lounge with a vocabulary question. Nobody could think of the answer, myself included, so I took the Oxford Collocations Dictionary off the shelf. I knew it was a long shot, as hers was not a collocation-related question, but by looking up the mysterious word’s common collocates,...Read More

Teacher Development, Vocabulary

corpora, dictionaries, Google NGram, teacher language development, words and expressions

Where my dance teachers went wrong and what that taught me about teaching beginners

5 de outubro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

“And 5… 5, 6, 7, 8!” More than 15 years after I had my first lessons, I decided to take up ballroom dancing again. My Better Half dutifully tagged along, but the difference was he was a true beginner. Three months later, we quit, feeling like complete and utter failures. We still want to learn...Read More

Classroom Management

classroom management, teaching beginners, teaching techniques, TTT, what not to do

Teacher language development: I’m starting with the woman in the mirror

5 de setembro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

Inspired by Higor Cavalcante’s webinar for BrELT “Hi, my name is Natalia, and I have a problem with prepositions* in English.” “Hi, Natalia.” We all have our sore spots in terms of language proficiency. Hopefully, they change along our language learning history, as we study, practice the language, learn more, find other areas that need...Read More

Teacher Development

higor cavalcante, language development, teacher development

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