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Reflections about Education

On being subversive

2 de junho de 2018

It is said that a lie repeated a thousand times becomes the truth. Apparently, this concept was conceived by the Nazi master of propaganda Joseph Goebbels. Considering that Nazism was supported by so many, and for so long[1]- despite the horror of World War II – he was probably right. In ELT, saying that something...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

culture, elt, nazism, propaganda, publishment

Reflections on collaborative work

30 de maio de 2018

by Marcela Cintra

Innovations in various fields and changes in society behaviour and interaction have been giving us teachers a plethora of opportunities to grow and maximise language learning. Research has also shown that the skills learners need to develop require action from the very beginning of our students’ academic life. In this ‘framework for 21st century learning’...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

collaborative-work, language learning, reflections about education

Enhancing Lexical Strategies – Learning By Heart or Memory Habit Formation?

24 de maio de 2018

by Adriano Zanetti

It goes without saying that vocabulary is one aspect language acquisition that plays an important role when learning one mother’s tongue, let alone a foreign language. I have often had learners saying that they can fairly get by grammatical structures and the real factor holding them back is how to put words within this lexical...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Vocabulary

Classroom experiences, intelligibility, Language acquisition, motivation, Second-language acquisition, vocabulary

What sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology can do for you / PART 1

17 de maio de 2018

by Teresa Carvalho

Before you read it, think quickly: Why do learners think native speakers make better teachers? Now let me share something with you: I have recently come across some works by sociolinguists and linguistic anthropologists — as well as social theorists, and I began to wonder why I had not related the latest developments of linguistic...Read More

Reflections about Education

ideal-speaker, ideologies, linguistic-anthropology, linguistic-repertoire, native speakerism, sociolinguistics

Some lessons could not have been planned

14 de maio de 2018

by Gabriela Fróes

I plan all the lessons I teach, but I don’t teach all the lessons I plan. The initial idea for this one was not mine; I found it online. I was looking for different ways to review past modals of speculation for an FCE prep group. Having a group filled with teenagers, ages ranging from...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Sin categoría

teaching-career, teaching-english

The Generation Z Invades Schools

27 de abril de 2018

by Carlos Henrique Trindade

This year, 2018, is a landmark. Schools across the globe, from kindergarten to high school, starting this year, have now only students from the Generation Z. That is, young people in school age were all born in the 21st Century. That brings us the need to understand this generation, the way they act, the way they behave, the way...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

education, learning, the-generation-z

Developing professionally in your work place – What does that mean to you?

15 de abril de 2018

by Lenora Haranaka

We all want a positive work environment where we feel safe to share our ideas, projects, concerns, and challenges… where we can offer and seek advice aiming at a greater good: helping learners reach their goals and becoming the best possible professional we can become. Right – that’s a lovely goal. How can we make...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, CPD, education, motivation, professional development, reflection, teacher development

On the tip of my (mother) tongue

31 de março de 2018

by Leandro Zuanazzi

Using students’ L1 (their first language) has come under a lot of criticism for several years. According to Scrivener (2011), this ‘bad press’ is due to ‘an over-strong reaction to some traditional teaching styles in which teachers only used L1 in class’, which prevented learners from hearing or using any English. As a consequence, many...Read More

Reflections about Education

First language, mother tongue

Education and Leadership: promoting change

30 de março de 2018

by Marcela Cintra

Every professional in the realm of education has the power to influence positive change, for instance, aligning theory to practice as extensively discussed. In this post, leadership will be brought to light for a discussion on how educational leaders may contribute to building the learning environment and causing a great impact on education. Firstly,...Read More

Career, ELT Management, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

education, leadership

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