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What Students Can(n’t) Do with Tests

25 de novembro de 2016

Much has been written and said about tests. A lot of teachers, students, and parents don’t see the point of tests, especially when all tests do is test discrete items of grammar and vocabulary , especially when it comes to summative tests, which assess what students have learned over a period of time. I myself don’t believe in...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language testing & assessment, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Skills

creative thinking, formative assessment, formative tests, inclusive education, life skills, pragmatic competence, reflection, summative assessment, summative tests, testing, written tests

Understanding Classroom Life: My first steps into Exploratory Practice

22 de outubro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

Why do my students participate in my classes? This is the question I asked myself when I first met this group of twenty s teenagers age 15-16 years old. From day one, they took part in the activities and spoke English most of the time. I was puzzled. How come? We meet at the end...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Resources, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Allwright, Bakhtin, Exploratory Practice, Understanding classroom life

Being a NNEST in Brazil back in the 80s Part 1

18 de agosto de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

The past is never where you think you left it.” —- Katherine Anne Porter Having lived a year in the US, I was convinced that I had become an American. I spoke American English, my clothes were mostly American, and I did not like black beans anymore. I could not help pronouncing the word Coke...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazil, langage teacher, myths about language, NNEST, Rajagopalan

Teaching with Translation: A Journey from L2 to L1 in the Classroom

19 de julho de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

Translation a skill that constitutes a real world demand, and yet, it is rather underrated in Brazil while it is broadly used in countries like Japan and China, for example. Despite its disadvantages — such as giving students the false impression that there is always a one-to-one correspondence between L1 and L2, for example, it offers...Read More

Language Acquisition

challenge, L1, L2, translation

Why teachers need to explain things

18 de junho de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

The other day I came across a box of notes written by my students at the end of term. During a while I used to systematically ask for feedback from my students and I had a lesson ready for that for all the levels and age groups that I taught, from young learners to adults....Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

explaining, feedback, teaching, teaching skills

The Big Picture of Language Learning

18 de maio de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

“Novices become acquainted with activities not only from their own and others’ attempts to define what transpires in an activity, but also from how those participating in the activity respond to them.” Elinor Ochs, in “Becoming a Speaker of A Culture.” (2002) I have just read Elinor Ochs’ article entitled ‘Becoming a Speaker of a Culture,’...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Inclusive Teaching, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Embracing inclusive education in the ESL classroom: What students and parents have taught me.

19 de março de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.” ― Chinese Proverb This post is dedicated to all the caring and patient teachers out there who help their students have meaningful experiences learning a second language regardless of any limitations they may have. This post is also dedicated to all the parents who...Read More

Inclusive Teaching

autism, dyslexia, inclusive education

Let go the idea that teachers have to be perfect.

18 de fevereiro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!” Cate Blanchett 1 It was a group of six prospective students from a well-known multinational company in São Paulo. It was back in the day when VCRs were cutting-edge technology, so we had a brand new one at our school. We’d specially bought...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences

failure; teachers stories;

We (still) need to talk about English

18 de janeiro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

As I’m writing this post I’m thinking about my English skills as a non-native speaker. I’m aware of the fact that my English is far from being perfect and I can’t expect it to be flawless. Nonetheless, I consider myself a successful English learner-teacher as far as language is concerned for one simple reason: I see...Read More

Career, Grammar, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

language development, language development for teachers, online resources

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