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Lost in Translation – O uso da tradução na sala de aula (Parte 2)

13 de julho de 2016

Olá a todos! Continuando minha última postagem sobre o uso da tradução na sala de aula (off topic – nesse meio tempo, entre um post e outro, acabei de traduzir um manual de RPG de 441 páginas… Ufa!), vamos a algumas dicas de possíveis utilizações com os alunos. Tradução requer, como praticamente tudo na sala de...Read More

Vocabulary

inglês, sala de aula, tradução, translation

A Word Atlas of the Mind

3 de maio de 2016

by Dominic Walters

There was some interesting news last week. Scientists at Berkeley University in the United States have mapped out how the brain organises language. Their ‘semantic atlas’ shows how the meaning of vocabulary is organised into different regions of the brain. In the past, it was believed that information about words’ meanings was represented in a...Read More

Vocabulary

language, semantic system, vocabulary

Lost in Translation – O uso da tradução na sala de aula

14 de abril de 2016

by Fabiano Silveira

Olá a todos e todas! Para este post de hoje, resolvi trazer um pouco à baila um assunto que tem a ver com uma das minhas atividades profissionais relacionadas à língua inglesa. Sou tradutor, atualmente trabalhando mais com livros de RPG (para saber um pouco mais sobre isso, leia meu post). Entretanto, sempre que posso,...Read More

Vocabulary

grammar, reading, skills, tradução, translation, vocabulary, writing

What’s in a name

6 de abril de 2016

by Dominic Walters

Something a student of mine said recently got me thinking. She told me that her English teacher at school had told her, and the class, that you should never translate the names of monuments and landmarks into the target language. Therefore, according to the teacher, the Pao de Acucar must never be translated as Sugar...Read More

Vocabulary

vocabulary

We (still) need to talk about English

18 de janeiro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

As I’m writing this post I’m thinking about my English skills as a non-native speaker. I’m aware of the fact that my English is far from being perfect and I can’t expect it to be flawless. Nonetheless, I consider myself a successful English learner-teacher as far as language is concerned for one simple reason: I see...Read More

Career, Grammar, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

language development, language development for teachers, online resources

He, she or ?

3 de janeiro de 2016

by Dominic Walters

One of the beautiful things about language is that it is always changing, and therefore, as teachers of English, we need to ensure that we change with the times. What would you say therefore to a student of yours who says that they do not want to be referred to by the pronouns ‘she’ or...Read More

Vocabulary

pronouns

Google is a teacher’s BFF: Googling vocabulary

5 de dezembro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

In Part 1 of this text, I went over 2 tips about using dictionaries and 1 tip about corpora and Google NGram. In fact, nowadays, there is no question that Google is a teacher’s BFF… if and only if we know how to use it. So here are more tips for looking up vocabulary...Read More

Teacher Development, Vocabulary

Google, teacher language development, vocabulary

Dictionaries are a teacher’s best friend!

12 de novembro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

Once upon a time, a colleague entered the teachers’ lounge with a vocabulary question. Nobody could think of the answer, myself included, so I took the Oxford Collocations Dictionary off the shelf. I knew it was a long shot, as hers was not a collocation-related question, but by looking up the mysterious word’s common collocates,...Read More

Teacher Development, Vocabulary

corpora, dictionaries, Google NGram, teacher language development, words and expressions

Have you ever wondered why English is the way it is?

20 de agosto de 2015

by Teresa Carvalho

“So now you must choose… Are you a child who has not yet become world-weary? Or are you a philosopher who will vow never to become so? To children, the world and everything in it is new, something that gives rise to astonishment. It is not like that for adults. Most adults accept the world...Read More

Grammar, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language, Vocabulary

england, History of English

Truly PUNishing

14 de agosto de 2015

by Damian Willians

English teacher, ‘How are you feeling today?’ Student, ‘Tense’ English teacher, ‘How were you feeling yesterday? How will you have been feeling by the end of the week? How have you been feeling this month?’ Did you groan? I hope so, because that makes two of us. I certainly let out an audible ‘oh…’...Read More

Vocabulary

EFL, elt, esl, punny, puns

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