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Are you really teaching reading?

29 de novembro de 2016

In an integrated-skills curriculum, reading and writing can be easily neglected if curriculum developers and teachers do not make a conscious effort to focus on them explicitly and to teach them as skills on their own right, rather than mere reinforcement of grammar and vocabulary or a springboard for speaking. I have already discussed the...Read More

Skills, Teacher Development

bottom-up and top-down processing, reading strategies, teaching reading

What Students Can(n’t) Do with Tests

25 de novembro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

Much has been written and said about tests. A lot of teachers, students, and parents don’t see the point of tests, especially when all tests do is test discrete items of grammar and vocabulary , especially when it comes to summative tests, which assess what students have learned over a period of time. I myself don’t believe in...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language testing & assessment, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Skills

creative thinking, formative assessment, formative tests, inclusive education, life skills, pragmatic competence, reflection, summative assessment, summative tests, testing, written tests

Basic Principles for Applied ELT Management in Brazil

24 de novembro de 2016

by Júlio Vieitas

According to ABF (Brazilian Franchising Association) there are currently 35 franchisors specialized in offering English teaching services. Some franchises have a staggering number of one thousand schools each. There are also countless independent teaching institutes in the market, employing a massive amount of education professionals. Yet, for all that, Brazil is still lagging behind the...Read More

ELT Management

#ELTManagement #CPD #ELT

The ‘M’ Factor – whose responsibility is motivation? (an introduction)

23 de novembro de 2016

by cecilialemos

I’ve recently (more deeply) started to reflect on responsibility and language learning. Where it lies. Who is really responsible for it – the teacher or the learner? For quite a bit now, teachers ( and I am, mainly, focusing on language learning institutes, but I think much may apply to many other educational institutes around...Read More

Reflections about Education

#teaching #motivation #CLT

Para ser fluente é preciso pensar no idioma?

22 de novembro de 2016

by Marcelo de Cristo

Pensar é algo natural para todos nós. Segundo a Wikipedia, é uma faculdade do nosso sistema mental através da qual modelamos o mundo para nele podermos transitar e agir segundo a nossa vontade. Pensar vem de fábrica, ou seja, é grátis. Por esse motivo, não se aprende a pensar. Se é assim, por quê então...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, esl, fluency, Language acquisition, Second-language acquisition, Young learners

Leave the stress outside and now focus on the class!

17 de novembro de 2016

by Vinicius Diamantino

Faster! Faster! I have to be able to speak English faster! If I start classes with you now, when am I going to be fluent? – says almost every student we have ever had. We’ve been living in a so-called Information Era and that speeds everything up, so let’s take a look from a more...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

anxiety, hurry to speak, information era, stress

Accent trait or pronunciation error?

10 de novembro de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

In the past few years, I’ve seen a few teachers in Brazil make a point of differentiating accent traits from pronunciation errors. You can listen to Daniel Bonatti explain it here for CanalRh or Vania Below from ManagedEnglish tackle it here. The implication, as I understand, is that diversity in accents should be celebrated, but pronunciation...Read More

Pronunciation

accent, ELF, ELF core, English as a Lingua Franca, error, Jenkins, mistake, native varieties, non-native, non-standard, phonology, pronunciation, standard, World Englishes

Gigging into the future

9 de novembro de 2016

by Dominic Walters

I was asked recently what I did for a living. I replied that I was a freelance teacher and teacher trainer, working for an assortment of organizations, companies and individuals. However, what I am part of is the ‘gig economy’. A ‘gigger’, if you like. But what is it, and how will it affect English...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Technology

Quão certo está seu aluno sobre o caminho que precisa trilhar? (Parte 3)

8 de novembro de 2016

by Vinicius Diamantino

Ufa! Se você está nesta última parte desta “trilogia” eu confio que você já tenha caminhado pelas partes 1 e 2 anteriormente e agora veio buscar neste fechamento um exemplo claro de um GAP bem estruturado, claro e SMART. Para isso lhe apresentarei um aplicativo bem famoso de celular e/ou browser-based com o qual tenho...Read More

Reflections about Education

Suffixes: pronunciation for teachers

6 de novembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

It seems to me that my posts here have, unintentionally, turned into a pronunciation series. I’ve been keeping my eyes /aɪz/ and ears /ɪərz/ open to things to write about. Last week, I worked with the pronunciation of different suffixes in different places. Because of that, I thought this would be an appropriate topic and I’ve...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, elt, professional development, pronunciation, pronunciation errors, teacher development

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