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The freelance language teacher

27 de setembro de 2016

A fellow teacher told me about a well-known language institute that started selling a new, faster course. He asked me how I thought he could compete with them. I told them he shouldn’t, they are not his competition. What many teachers do not understand is that when they decide to work as freelance language teachers, they...Read More

Career, Resources, Teacher Development

/s/ and /z/: pronunciation for teachers

6 de setembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

For a very long time, I thought my pronunciation was very good. Teachers and colleagues had told me so, and because of that I rarely ever gave it much attention. I was more worried about learning vocabulary or grammar. Naturally, my pronunciation was (and still is) far from perfect, but it took me time to...Read More

Pronunciation, Resources, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, intelligibility, professional development, pronunciation, teacher development

Three Highlights from IATEFL Manchester Talks and Workshops

23 de maio de 2015

by Teresa Carvalho

While technology has become a powerful tool to share information, talking to people face-to-face still remains unrivalled. Enjoying a meal together or connecting with others through a handshake — or even a few words, creates a synergy that promotes feelings of trust and collaboration; it helps us build stronger relationships and a feeling of belonging....Read More

Lesson Ideas, Pronunciation, Reflections about Education, Resources, Teacher Development

Anna Hasper, Christopher Smith, critical thinking, Dimitrius Primalis, error correction, feedback, IATEFL, Luke Meddings, pronunciation

Helping your teenage students reach a real audience for their stories

18 de março de 2015

by Teresa Carvalho

My Portuguese grandfather was a globetrotter and, when he died, we inherited dozens of postcards from every city he had visited. I was the only one in the family who took some interest in the postcards and the beautiful places that I never thought I would have a chance to go to. However, I decided...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Resources, Skills, Technology

futureme.org, goodreads, real audience, Vygotsky, wattpad, writing, writing skills, zone of proximal development

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

In defence of coursebooks

14 de fevereiro de 2015

by Damian Willians

Good morning. My name’s Damian and I like coursebooks. I’ve liked them for about 20 years now. Coursebooks are a funny beast in our profession. They seem to take a lot of flack from various sectors of the industry, yet they are – and continue to be – all pervasive. Whatever your connection with ELT,...Read More

Resources, Teacher Development

authentic materials, coursebooks, dogme, grammar mcnuggets, materials, mcnuggets, thornbury

Building Learner autonomy – Part II

17 de dezembro de 2014

by Vivian Magalhães

Last month, I wrote about the need for students to become autonomous learners, and the difficulty that most teachers face in developing such autonomy in them. My students responded very well to the article, admitting that they hadn’t been investing as much time or effort as they should towards their goal of becoming proficient speakers...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Resources

learner's autonomy, student engagement, tools

Vlogmas and the twelve edtech tools of Christmas

6 de dezembro de 2014

by Ceri Jones

Is vlogmas a thing in your house? It is in ours thanks to my ten year old daughter. Her current screen craze is following hit lifestyle vloggers like Zoella. If you haven’t heard of her, don’t worry, it probably just means you’re not young enough! This article in The Guardian is a good place to...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Resources, Technology

Christmas, christmas project, edtech tools, homework challenge, vlog

And that my friend is what we call closure…

1 de dezembro de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

As we come to the end of the year, our classes are also about to finish. Hence, the time for us teachers to start planning the end of the semester has come. We end up getting so busy organizing reviews, writing tests, testing and assessing students, writing reports and/or report cards, providing students with feedback...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Games, Lesson Ideas, Resources

classroom activity, Classroom experiences, creativity, game, motivation

The challenge of developing learner autonomy

17 de novembro de 2014

by Vivian Magalhães

Robin MacClure starts her article “Unnecessary Parents” by saying that “the ultimate job of parents is to raise kids in a way so that they are not needed. In other words, parents should work themselves out of a job.” Well, I think that also applies to teachers, and especially to language teachers. Our goal should...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Resources, Teacher Development

autonomy, student engagement, tools

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