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Language Acquisition

Drilling-not as straightforward as it first appears

3 de setembro de 2015

I want to talk about drilling. To be more specific, repetition drills. A repetition drill is a technique, which involves the students listening to a model of a word or phrase, usually provided by the teacher, and then repeating it. The original rationale for repetition drills was based on a behaviourist view of language learning....Read More

Language Acquisition, Language testing & assessment

7 conceitos de fluência e o que você deveria saber a respeito dela

22 de agosto de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

No artigo intitulado O que nunca lhe contaram sobre terminar um curso de idiomas em tempo recorde, procurei contextualizar e explicar criticamente o surgimento da necessidade de se falar um idioma “fluentemente” (o mais depressa possível) em decorrência principalmente da mudança de paradigma e das exigências do mercado na sociedade atual. Indo na direção contrária,...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language

aprendizado de idiomas, aquisição de fluência, falar fluentemente, fluência

O que nunca lhe contaram sobre terminar um curso de idiomas em tempo recorde

22 de julho de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

O aumento da renda familiar ocorrida nos últimos anos aliado à crescente demanda do mercado de trabalho por profissionais com fluência em inglês têm ocasionado um grande aumento na demanda por cursos de idiomas no Brasil. Afinal de contas, para ter um bom currículo e tornar-se um profissional valorizado é essencial aprender uma segunda língua o...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

aprendizado de idiomas, cursos de inglês, fluência

Idioms? Not my cup of tea.

14 de julho de 2015

by Damian Willians

I’ve always had a strange sense of foreboding when teaching idiomatic expressions. A while back I was teaching a lesson based on personality, and we ended up looking at some idioms: couch potato, wet blanket, backseat driver, chip on your shoulder, etc. We explored the meaning, did some practise, then discussed some questions about people we know...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language, Vocabulary

damian williams, idioms, lexis, linguistic landscapes, phrasal verbs, tailor made english, tme

Level it up – how to add challenge to your lessons

29 de junho de 2015

by Catarina Pontes

I believe it’s fair to say that one of the most important elements that contribute to the success of a lesson is certainly the amount of challenge learners are posed with. And when we think about challenge in a broad sense, we should certainly take into account the sources of language learners will be exposed...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition

challenge

Gostoso é aprender sem perceber!

22 de junho de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

Com que frequência você se depara com a afirmação que dá título a este post, ou com alguma de suas inúmeras variações, especialmente no contexto da divulgação de métodos de ensino e/ou aprendizagem? No que concerne à aprendizagem de línguas estrangeiras, uma rápida pesquisa no Google logo comprova a presença dessa assertiva no discurso de...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

aquisição da linguagem; sócio interacionismo; aprender inglês; ensino-aprendizagem; EFL

Neuroscience and teaching English?

30 de abril de 2015

by Carol Lethaby

Hello! It’s good to be back after a couple of months (ok, maybe more 😉 ) away from the blog. For the rest of this year, I’d like to consider the role of neuroscience in language learning and teaching. What is neuroscience and how is it interesting to language teachers? Are you interested in how...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Language acquisition, neuroscience, teacher development, the brain

On Fluency and Accuracy

20 de abril de 2015

by Edmilson Chagas

Although attempts to define ‘fluency’ and ‘accuracy’ when speaking a foreign language abound in the specialized literature, there still does not seem to exist a consensus regarding a single, ultimate definition of either one of the terms. One of the reasons which could partly explain the lack of common ground among authors is the very...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Speaking and Spoken Language

Accuracy, fluency, language chunks, vocabulary

Tell me know how I’m doing – the importance of feedback in the EFL classroom.

25 de março de 2015

by Catarina Pontes

Students taking a course in a foreign language very frequently bring with them a world of expectations and needs – in both personal and professional contexts – that they want to be met in the classroom. Those expectations and needs, however, can many times be beyond what can be achieved within a semester of studies....Read More

Classroom Management, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

feedback

My journey through the Linguistic Landscape

14 de março de 2015

by Damian Willians

Photo by Higor Cavalcante | CC BY 2.0 No matter where you are in the world today, English is everywhere you look. It’s used in shop signs, products in the supermarket, the names of buildings, menus, graffiti, airports, public transport, shopping centres, notices, advertising posters and hoardings. In fact, here in Brazil there is even an...Read More

Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas, Resources, Vocabulary

Linguistic landscape, mull, murbll

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