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The Translanguaging Pedagogy: Friend or Foe?

6 de setembro de 2018

Translanguaging is a term that was first coined in 1994 as trawsieithu (translanguaging in Welsh) by Welsh researcher Cen Williams in order to refer to the processes in which English and Welsh were used for different reasons and purposes in the same class. For example, students would read or listen to content in English and...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

bilingualism, CLIL, codeswitching, Essential Questions, translanguage, translanguaging

Investigating the impact of technology to improve learning experiences

5 de setembro de 2018

by Alan Couto

Joseph Pine II and James Gilmore’s article Welcome to the Experience of Economy has on its opening page the following statement: “As goods and services become commoditized, the customer experiences that companies create will matter most.” (Pine and Gilmore, 199:97) and much in the same way, it is a positive experience that learners also seek in...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Speaking and Spoken Language, Technology, Trends in ELT

learning-experiences, practical-english-language-teaching, technology

Should presentations in Portuguese be allowed in ELT Conferences in Brazil?

2 de setembro de 2018

by elainehodgson

Scene 1: Big conference in Brazil. The speaker, a Brazilian, goes onto the stage to begin her plenary session. While she speaks, you notice she makes some mistakes, pronunciation mistakes, grammar mistakes, but the content of her presentation is relevant and she manages to get her message across. At the end of her talk, you...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, conferences, CPD, critical thinking, EFL, ELF, intelligibility, language, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Flipping the Classroom with Essential Questions

6 de julho de 2018

by Eduardo Trindade

The most important single characteristic of the flipped classroom is the fact that classroom time is not used for content presentation, but rather for group discussions about students’ findings and further investigation. So, going back to the two questions I’ve asked on my first post, on the 6th of June, I believe we already have...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

21st century, Essential Questions, flipped classroom, Glasser's Pyramid, Inquiry-based learning, UbD, Understanding Questions

In Search of a Latin American Identity for CLIL

27 de junho de 2018

by Carlos Henrique Trindade

CLIL has been the starting point for the majority of bilingual education programs and methodologies across the globe. Born in 1994 with the establishment of the European Community, CLIL was an attempt to standardize bilingual education approaches within the comunity, or at least to determine a range of practices that, based on a common concept,...Read More

ELT Management, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

CLIL, latin-america

Looking beyond the fads: the use of tech in your classroom.

1 de maio de 2018

by Paulo Dantas

I will begin this post with a confession: although I have been involved in EFL and digital education projects for quite some time, I am not a heavy user of technology; I don’t really own a myriad of smart devices and, most of the time, I tend to prefer taking notes on a good, old...Read More

Educational Technology, Teacher Development, Technology, Trends in ELT

digital education, elearning, teacher development, technology

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

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