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Creativity: are we really encouraging it?

15 de setembro de 2017

Creativity is one of the trendy words nowadays when we talk about education and work. It is usually related to innovation and it is considered one of the most important skills a person should have in the workplace in order to solve problems and come up with new ideas. “Think out of the box”, “Step...Read More

Reflections about Education

creativity, teaching

Intelligibility – Is that the aim?

14 de setembro de 2017

by Henrick Oprea

Intelligibility is what matters. I mean, anyone who wishes to learn a foreign language is looking for the possibility of being understood by those who speak that very same language. Otherwise, why would we learn it? But I do take issue with the overuse and narrowness with which this word has been used by an...Read More

Reflections about Education

It’s almost mid-September! Have you chosen your area(s) for development yet?

10 de setembro de 2017

by Lenora Haranaka

If so, how has it helped you to know your learners better? And furthermore, how has it benefitted your learners’ experience? Going back to the two perspectives explored on my last post (richmondshare.com.br/its-time-to-start-over/), here are some of the choices I have made so far: Leaving our comfort zone I have been working mainly with peer...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

CPD, Group Cohesiveness, peer observation, teaching adults

Behind the scenes – How to engage students?

8 de setembro de 2017

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

I have already written about ‘motivating adult students’ inside the classroom. However, I would like to go back to that. Before, I focused on more meaningful lessons and working on areas to which students would relate better due to their professional or study choices. Nevertheless, I would like to discuss further how to engage or...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Teacher Development

#behindthescenes #engagingstudents #howwelldoyouknowyourstudents #buildingrapport

More than a cut above average: a chat with my hairdresser about professional development

5 de setembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

I had a haircut the other day and got to talking to the hairdresser, an energertic 31-year-old professional who I’ve been going to for a few years now. [Don’t worry, I haven’t gone mad(der) and won’t be rambling on about beauty on a teacher-oriented blog. The relevance of the chat will become evident soon, I...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

CPD, professional development

Testing Times

5 de setembro de 2017

by Dominic Walters

I feel for test designers. They have an impossible task. To design a test of language proficiency that is considered valid and reliable by the various stakeholders involved in the testing process. This is particularly true of the test takers themselves. And it was in relation to these people that two stories recently caught my...Read More

Language testing & assessment

International English Language Testing System (IELTS), language proficiency, Pearson Test of English (PTE), test

A teacher’s journey to proficiency – Part 1

31 de agosto de 2017

by Leandro Zuanazzi

How did passing a proficiency exam help me improve my teaching? Once you have passed the exam, where do you go from there? I plan to address these questions while I share my experience of preparing for the Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE) exam and what happened after passing. Far from being a guide for exam...Read More

Teacher Development

challenges, language development for teachers, motivation

We need to talk about our online selves

25 de agosto de 2017

by Teresa Carvalho

On the morning of July 19th, 1692, 71-year-old Rebecca Nurse was convicted and hanged in New Salem, Massachusetts. Her crime? Perhaps quarreling with a neighbor over some trespassing pigs a few years earlier was what triggered several accusations that followed. Being an active member of the community and being known for her good character didn’t...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences

CPD, debate, empathy, McAdams, online incivility, storied self

Is Your English Fully Operational? – Accurate, Fluent and Fluid Speaking

24 de agosto de 2017

by Adriano Zanetti

Scarcella and Oxford (1992) mention that ‘a learner will basically need to develop competences in order to become proficient in an L2 – grammatical competence, socialinguistic competence, discourse competence and strategic competence.’ I bet that at the some point of your teaching career you have come across that student who wants to learn only to...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Speaking and Spoken Language

Accuracy, fluency, fluidity, speaking, speaking skills

What is the role of the new teacher?

22 de agosto de 2017

by Carlos Henrique Trindade

The new world we live in pushes us to unavoidable changes. The dynamism it brings to society forces us to rethink our concepts and how we position ourselves in light of the ever growing challenges we have to face. In this scenario, the school and, more specifically, the teacher is being redefined. But what should...Read More

Career, Classroom Management, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

collaborative environment, learners, new teachers, new world

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