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Assessment types for young learners

7 de novembro de 2017

Following the topic of previous months – assessing young learners – I will here discuss a bit some types we can use with this age groups. Effective language assessment provides chances for children to use their abilities to demonstrate what they can do at their appropriate level. It requires acknowledgement of the principles we have...Read More

Reflections about Education, Skills

language assessment, tradutor, Young learners

Oops! A lesson on embarrassing stories

5 de novembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

If you are suffering from Novemberitis and need a comical interlude or just an idea for a lesson, here’s an integrated-skills lesson plan for B2 learners. The topic is embarrassing stories and students will read about it to get in the topic, listen to a celebrity telling her own stories and talk throughout. The main...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Speaking and Spoken Language

conversation classes, embarrassing stories, integrated skills, lesson plan, Listening, narrative theory, reading, speaking, storytelling, telling stories

Inside the 16th BTIC - an encouragement for developing teachers

08 Tips on how to excel at Cambridge Exams – Part 1

4 de novembro de 2017

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Are you sitting for Cambridge Exams in November? I believe I can help you by providing practical tips. First, I’ll share my personal experience with you. I have taken the FCE-CAE-CPE and since I passed, it’s safe to say I had the vocabulary demanded by those levels, I used to study every day (whenever possible),...Read More

Learner Autonomy

-cambridgeexamtips -cambridgetips -fce -cae -cpe -cambridgereading

Do you speak Brazlish?

3 de novembro de 2017

by Dominic Walters

In 1985, Braj Kachru published a book called ‘Standards, Codification and Sociolinguistic Realism: The English Language in the Outer Circle’. In it, he placed the world’s Englishes into one of three concentric circles: the inner circle, which is composed of those countries where English is the first, or dominant, language; the outer circle, represented by those nations...Read More

Reflections about Education

brazilian_english, lingua_franca

A matter of balance – women as plenary speakers

2 de novembro de 2017

by elainehodgson

If you have spent some time online in the past months, particularly on Facebook, you may have come across a number of posts followed by hundreds of comments, basically related to gender equality, or lack of it, in ELT events. Gender equality in general is an issue that has been discussed for a long time,...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education

career, challenges, conferences, critical thinking, education, EFL, elt, engagement, professional development, social media, teacher development

A teacher’s journey to proficiency – Part 2

31 de outubro de 2017

by Leandro Zuanazzi

Deciding to write about my journey with English has taken me on a trip down memory lane, and some other teachers said they had the same impression when they read part 1. This is extremely motivating since I think this kind of reflection helps us realize how far we have come and it might prompt...Read More

Teacher Development

challenges, exam preparation, language development for teachers, motivation

“Dress for the job you want”: rethinking attitude at work

30 de outubro de 2017

by Marcela Cintra

How many times have you said or heard the phrase “when I get the job/ promotion, I will…”? It is usually because in a different position one may have more time, money or opportunities. Depending on what we complete the sentence with it might make sense and reflect necessary conditions for a different action. However,...Read More

Career, ELT Management, Teacher Development

professional-attitude

Are we teaching listening or just practising it?

29 de outubro de 2017

by Lenora Haranaka

I have been asking myself to what extent the traditional way of teaching listening actually contributes to learners becoming better listeners… John Field changed my relationship with listening, and since I first read his book ‘Listening in the Language Classroom’, I have been looking for answers whenever I teach a lesson that includes Skills Development...Read More

Reflections about Education

Listening, skills-development-listening, teaching

Power Up your Classes with Youtube Videos

28 de outubro de 2017

by Carla Arena

There´s nothing new on the use of Youtube for learning, but how often do you use its features beyond watching the videos? I´d like to suggest three ways to enhance the use of Youtube videos in the classroom. First, encourage your group to create a collaborative playlist about the topic they are studying. By doing...Read More

Educational Technology, Technology

classroom, classroom activity, EdTech, elt, Google, RSA, TED-ED, video, video in the classroom, Youtube

Letras or CELTA?

26 de outubro de 2017

by Taylor Veigga

A question that is posed time and time again is whether teachers should take a BA in languages, known here in Brazil as Letras, or take the CELTA. I wish there was a simple answer to this question, but truth is: it’s complicated. Some would say that taking a Letras course is the way to...Read More

Career, Resources, Teacher Development

CELTA, Letras

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