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Reflections about Education

Jaboticabas and Figs

13 de maio de 2019
by Ana Carolina Calil
Unit 3: Food. In the first exercise, the coursebook brings a set of pictures, each of them showing different food separated in groups. The image labeled with the letter “B” depicts bacon, a box of cereal, two doughnuts, a waffle, some pancakes, eggs, and a glass of orange juice. The instructions tell students to check...Read More
Bilingual Education, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Sin categoría, Vocabulary
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Using coaching-based questions to foster engagement in the classroom

8 de maio de 2019
by Marcela Harrisberger
In a coaching process, nothing is more effective and powerful than a coaching dialogue, profitable conversations prompted by the coach that can truly impact the coachee’s results. These compelling chats are usually guided by questions based on a coaching model such as GROW (Goal, Reality, Options and Will), for example: Goal: What is your goal?...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education
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On practicing what you preach

1 de maio de 2019
by Sergio Pantoja
“You should write as often as possible” – that’s what I keep telling my students. Currently, 99% of my students are intrepid English teachers either preparing for the Cambridge English: Advanced or the Cambridge English: Proficiency, which means that their writing skills will be assessed via two writing tasks. Needless to say, it is my duty...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Skills, Teacher Development
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Courage and education: perspectives in the era of turmoil

30 de abril de 2019
by Marcela Cintra
The educational field has been suffering attacks from all parts of society, in Brazil and around the world – differences do apply. This post is a reflection about the courage needed to make significant changes to the current scenario – that of turmoil where teachers, parents, students, the society seem to be taking to each...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education
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The best bilingual we can be – Part 1

27 de abril de 2019
by Carlos Henrique Trindade
It often strikes me when there is a very emotional talk about bilingual education here in Brazil and we tend to criticise what we have been doing here compared to what is being done elsewhere in the world. My opinion is clear: adopting an international bilingual education model “as is” here in Brazil is not...Read More
Bilingual Education, Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Current Affairs as a means to engage teenage advanced learners

20 de abril de 2019
by Rodrigo Fagundes Correia
The last month of March has been significantly special for me. The month of my birth, filled with excitement I was carrying with me, conducting a special project to celebrate International Women’s Day. Me and other two partners invited ten women from the ELT community and we asked other 9 (my partners included) to write...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education
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Greenhouses, Gardens and Jungles – 1

15 de abril de 2019
by Lenora Haranaka
What is your passion when it comes to teaching EFL? Is it one of the four skills [listening, speaking, reading or writing]? One of the four systems [pronunciation, lexis, grammar or discourse]? Teaching YLs or teens? Methodology, perhaps? Teacher training? – Hard to pick one, right? Well, I’ll do it anyways! I’ll start with Listening...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Skills
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Technology? Right up my alley (said my 79-year-old student)

10 de abril de 2019
by Fabiana Muliterno
Recently the school where I work has implemented Google Classroom for most of the groups, in order to promote a broader and more consistent interaction with learners, as well as make communications between students and teacher faster and more effective. As a tech enthusiast myself, I celebrated the achievement along with my peers at the...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education
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5 Film and Series quotes that help us become better teachers

9 de abril de 2019
by Rubens Heredia
Most of us cannot watch a film or an episode of our favourite series without trying to identify scenes that could be used in our lessons, right? Even if we just want to Netflix and chill, it just seems to be hardwired in our brains. In this post, I’ll take a look at some of...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education
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The PDCA Continuous Improvement Cycle

6 de abril de 2019
by Eduardo Trindade
Have you ever heard of a continuous improvement cycle called the PDCA cycle? I am sure most of you who have already studied a little bit of business management have certainly come across this acronym before. But for those of you who haven’t studied any business theories, PDCA is an acronym that stands for Plan-Do-Check-Act....Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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