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Get inspired and inspire!

30 de outubro de 2015

I have recently met a teacher going through a crisis in her professional path because colleagues and supervisors had been telling her that she was too good not to want to be more than a teacher – she questioned her ‘lack of ambition’. I am not sure what the rationale behind comments might have been,...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

inspiration, passionforteaching

#PocketPD: Digital Literacy in Small Doses for Educators

29 de outubro de 2015

by Carla Arena

I still remember when I considered productive having a big room full of teachers for a training session on computer skills. It is still vivid in my mind the beginning of Google in which I’d have trainings with teachers on “How to effectively use Google Search”. Were you there when Geocities was around? That was...Read More

Educational Technology, Teacher Development, Technology

bitly, digital literacy, pocket PD, professional development

A vida não é um cursinho de inglês…

22 de outubro de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

Esta semana, surfando na internet, me deparei com um meme bastante bem humorado que me chamou a atenção, arrancando aquele sorriso típico de quem admite para si mesmo: ‘genial!’ Eis aqui o dito cujo: Não obstante o riso quase que inevitável, por de trás do bom humor (através de um símile que faz alusão ao estereótipo...Read More

Classroom Management, Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, communication, EFL, elt mantras, intelligibility, professional development, pronunciation

Ten Tips for Teaching Private Classes

14 de outubro de 2015

by Damian Willians

These days, faced with low pay and poor working conditions in most private language schools, more and more teachers are going it alone and teaching privately. Before starting, it’s good to have certain things in place in order to make it a smoother transition. Here goes: 1. Find out what they don’t like. Obviously, it’s...Read More

Teacher Development

aulas particulars, EFL, elt, esl, private classes

Time for time management

9 de outubro de 2015

by Rubens Heredia

One of the most common topics that come up in conversation when teachers talk about areas of their practice that need improvement is timing. Taking into account the large number of actions that we need to take in order for lessons to be effective. That is perfectly understandable. The way I see it, however, timing...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Teacher Development

A true story… My work is effective!

7 de outubro de 2015

by Beatriz Meneguetti

It’s amazing how things happen in life. Learning English has always been a passion for me and this is what I want to pass on to my students, but we never know if this is actually achievable… Well, other day I was taking part in a social event when a woman, accompanied by her husband,...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

The No-Easy Task of Giving Novice Teachers Negative Feedback

19 de setembro de 2015

by Edmilson Chagas

Today’s post is about giving negative feedback during pre-service teacher training courses for novice teachers. I am quite sure that a very large number of this blog’s writers – if not all of us – have, at one point or another, been involved with the difficult and highly demanding job of training teachers. Not only...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Teacher Development

Lesson observation, negative feedback, reflection, teacher training

Teachers as practitioner researchers

18 de setembro de 2015

by Teresa Carvalho

“…and three things really matter: (1) deciding on something that you want to do; (2) that you can do; and (3) that is really worth doing.” —- Keith Richards, Qualitative Enquiry in TESOL (2003) When teachers investigate their own practice through research, they become practitioner researchers. To become a practitioner researcher, we need to nurture...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

critical thinking, Keith Richards, practitioner research, research

The Power of Portfolio Assessment

8 de setembro de 2015

by Isabela Villas Boas

Despite my 15 years of experience with portfolio assessment, its power never ceases to amaze me. I’ve recently conducted a course for public school English teachers in the Federal District and, once again, used portfolio assessment. I have a feeling that some educators might not adopt portfolio assessment because they think it is too complicated;...Read More

Language testing & assessment, Teacher Development

assessment, classroom assessment, portfolio assessment

Is CLIL an approach to apply to our EFL lessons?

7 de setembro de 2015

by Beatriz Meneguetti

CLIL is a fairly recent way of teaching. An acronym standing for Content and Language Integrated Learning – according to Mehisto et all [2008] it is a dual-focused educational approach in which an additional language is used for the learning and teaching of both content and language. A lot is said and discussed about CLIL...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

CLIL, EFL classes

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