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How NOT to get a Pass A at CELTA

6 de abril de 2017

In my experience as a CELTA tutor, many candidates arrive on the first day having read and researched about what to do in the course (if you don’t know what the CELTA is, by the way, you can find more about it by watching this webinar or by checking out Cambridge’s official website). There are plenty of...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Teacher Development

career, CELTA, professional development, teacher development, teacher training

Of work and idioms

6 de março de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

A couple of years ago, Damian Williams wrote a post explaining why he doesn’t like teaching idiomatic expressions. I wrote a response to that, as I strongly disagreed with him. However, a recent conversation with another teacher made me rethink that a bit. Here’s the situation: I have two private students, both of whom work...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Vocabulary

Brazilian learners, communication, EFL, elt, language, vocabulary

English made in Brazil

6 de fevereiro de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

Two things have happened recently that served as inspiration for this post. One of them is the (erroneous) belief that one can only learn a language if his/her teacher is a native speaker. Who would figure this is still a debate in 2017. The other is the #accentpride that aims at fighting the prejudice that only...Read More

Career, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, career, CELTA, challenges, elt mantras, Second-language acquisition, te

Taking the plunge: life as a freelancer.

7 de janeiro de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

It’s been almost two years now since I last had a ‘carteira assinada’. If I’m being totally honest, I don’t think I would have guessed this is where my career would have taken me. Back when I was in high school (and before I decided to become a teacher) I always saw myself working for...Read More

Career

career, careers plan, CELTA

Using songs in the classroom

6 de dezembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

If you had been my student at around 2010 on of your complaints would have been that I never used songs in my lessons. Earlier in my career I used songs quite frequently, in that gap-fill let’s-kill-some-time kind of way. However, as I became more experienced, I realised that this kind of activity is not...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Skills

Classroom experiences, communication, creativity, EFL, elt, esl, songs, student engagement

Suffixes: pronunciation for teachers

6 de novembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

It seems to me that my posts here have, unintentionally, turned into a pronunciation series. I’ve been keeping my eyes /aɪz/ and ears /ɪərz/ open to things to write about. Last week, I worked with the pronunciation of different suffixes in different places. Because of that, I thought this would be an appropriate topic and I’ve...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, elt, professional development, pronunciation, pronunciation errors, teacher development

Final /i/ and /m/: pronunciation for teachers

6 de outubro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

After receiving some positive feedback on my previous post about pronunciation, I started thinking about other pronunciation areas that I thought were problematic. These are mistakes your students will certainly make, but that you may be making yourself too. The two sounds I have chosen have a couple of similarities to the /s/ and /z/...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, intelligibility, language development for teachers, professional development, pronunciation

/s/ and /z/: pronunciation for teachers

6 de setembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

For a very long time, I thought my pronunciation was very good. Teachers and colleagues had told me so, and because of that I rarely ever gave it much attention. I was more worried about learning vocabulary or grammar. Naturally, my pronunciation was (and still is) far from perfect, but it took me time to...Read More

Pronunciation, Resources, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, intelligibility, professional development, pronunciation, teacher development

How I have changed as a conference-goer

6 de agosto de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

In July I had the chance to attend the 15th Braz-Tesol international conference. As I chose which workshops and talks to attend, I realized how much my profile had changed since I first started attending these kinds of events. My first international conference was in 2008 when I had the chance to go to the...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

BRAZ-TESOL, International Conference

Why I got into Teacher Training

6 de julho de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

If you have been teaching for a while you may have come across a difficult decision teachers are faced with: how to continue growing professionally without leaving the classroom. In my experience, the path to getting recognition or a higher salary often make teachers transition into academic or managerial positions. I tried those things, but...Read More

Career

teacher trainer, teacher training, teaching

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