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Reflections about Education

Who’s laughing?

20 de julho de 2014

The first time I saw these images, and others like them, my immediate reaction was to laugh and think: How can people be so stupid? Why didn’t they ask someone who can actually speak English to tell them what the correct language was? Also, when on board most flights of Brazilian airlines, and listening to the ‘delightful’...Read More

Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, priorities

The importance of giving feedback

11 de julho de 2014

by Roseli Serra

Traditionally, tests and examinations evaluate how students perform in terms of learning outcome. However in a learner-centred education system, it is more important to monitor students’ learning processes and to give them direct feedback. Such feedback can help students learn more efficiently; and if used correctly, feedback can function as a very powerful tool to motivate...Read More

Reflections about Education

constructive, evaluation, feedback, progress, tests

Support and Challenge in Young Learners’ Group

7 de julho de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I have been reading a lot in order to prepare some kids courses for the second semester and I have come across a very interesting discussion, again, in young learners’ field on how support and challenge in their lessons. Learners in general, but I believe children more specifically, need a lot of support when learning,...Read More

Reflections about Education

balance, challenge, children, emotional, linguistic, support, Young learners

What is the recipe to design a language course?

4 de julho de 2014

by Anderson Maia

How long does it take to learn English? That is probably the one-million question of our era. At a time of fast-food, instant messages, real-time distance interaction, and quick fixes to (almost) everything, learning a language becomes one more item on our “fast-track” bucket list. As a way to attract market and become more competitive,...Read More

Reflections about Education

assessment, curriculum, language auditing, language planning, language programming, teacher

Classroom design

1 de julho de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

We all love reading in my family – my husband and I are real bookworms. I myself also love books – I buy so many, I wonder if I’ll ever have the time to read all of them in this lifetime. I started buying books for my baby daughter long before she was born. Even...Read More

Reflections about Education, Resources

classroom design, creativity, learning environment, learning spaces, materials, resources

The Power of Song

1 de julho de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello again! It’s good to be back after a short absence – a lot has happened since I last posted and I’ll be writing about one those things here. I had the great fortune in June to be at a fabulous conference in lovely Cancun, Mexico. While I was there I was talking about the...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education

engagement, Music, songs, teaching

The redefinition of list-making: what does it mean to teachers?

22 de junho de 2014

by Ana Maria Menezes

Why do we make lists? Jillian Steinhauer in a 2012 blog post says “We are a society of listers.” In other words, we could all be called “glazomaniacs” according to Dictionary.com which defines “glazomania” as a passion for list-making. We seem to enjoy lists: to-do lists, grocery lists, best-sellers lists, new year resolution lists and...Read More

Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Resources, Technology

digital media, educational technology, technology

One flew east, one flew west, and NNESTs flew everywhere.

17 de junho de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

The challenge of being a non-native English speaker in a native English speaking world I recently came across EFL teacher James Taylor’s blog post about NNESTs’ struggle to be respected as English teachers by students and employers. In his guest blog post, James lists a number of advantages of being a NNEST over a...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazil, career, James Taylor, language proficiency, native speakers, NEST, NNEST, non-native speakers

Drop-out rates… Who’s responsible?

9 de junho de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

June has arrived and with it the end of the first academic semester of the year. This period comes with mixed feelings, feeling of duty fulfilled for a term well worked, but also a kind of uncertainty whether or not the groups will remain the same for the following term. In regular schools, enrolments are...Read More

Reflections about Education

drop-out rates, drop-outs, management, retention, retention rates, students’ involvement

My kid wants to be a teacher. Now what?

2 de junho de 2014

by elainehodgson

I must have mentioned before on this blog that I teach adolescents in their last year of High School. Needless to say, this is a period of great anxiety as most of them intend to go to university and now have to choose a career. It is the time when most of them realise that...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, career, Professional, teaching

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