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Diversity and the danger of having an opinion about what you don’t know

2 de novembro de 2016

A couple of months ago a friend of mine reported on his page on Facebook a situation that had happened to his son at school. It was a Portuguese lesson and the focus was defining and non-defining relative clauses. To cut a long story short, my friend’s son defended that that the sentence My father...Read More

Reflections about Education

Classroom experiences, critical thinking, EFL, elt, elt mantras, Facebook, materials, professional development, social media, teaching

Strategy design and execution in education management – part 2

31 de outubro de 2016

by Júlio Vieitas

In my previous article (Strategy design and execution in education management – Part 1) we delved into strategic planning and how a single strategy is converted into multiple projects, also called portfolio of projects. In this text, we will focus on project execution, some of the main limitations and some solutions. The Fortune magazine claimed,...Read More

ELT Management

Discussing assessment

30 de outubro de 2016

by Marcela Cintra

As the end of the year approaches, many of us are considering the end of term procedures and the handover of groups to the next teachers. That overall assessment of our learners is what I would like to discuss in this post, the first one I write about assessment. It is ideal that we look at...Read More

Language testing & assessment, Reflections about Education

Thirty years in ELT – some thoughts about then and now

29 de outubro de 2016

by Isabela Villas Boas

My passion for English began when I was a child and lived in the U.S. for three years while my parents went to graduate school. Upon coming back to Brazil, I was enrolled in a traditional language institute in Brasilia, Casa Thomas Jefferson (CTJ). There I went from the intermediate to the advanced level and...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences

Going Mobile, Going Further!

28 de outubro de 2016

by Anderson Maia

What happens to “learning” if we add the word “mobile” to it? The increasing and rapidly developing use of mobile technology by English language learners is an unquestionable aspect of today’s classroom. However, the attitude EFL teachers develop towards the use of mobile devices as an aid for language teaching varies greatly. The unique benefits...Read More

Technology

EFL classroom, informal and formal learning, mobile learning, technology

Educators: A Plea for Auditing your Digital Literacies

25 de outubro de 2016

by Carla Arena

It´s been a while that educational communities talk about digital literacies. This has been a topic of my interest for a decade now. Still, what we see is a group of educators who follow exactly the curve of innovation in which we have the early adopters way ahead, investing in the development of their digital...Read More

Educational Technology, Reflections about Education, Skills, Teacher Development, Technology

content curation, digital literacy, EdTech, professional development, professional image

Understanding Classroom Life: My first steps into Exploratory Practice

22 de outubro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

Why do my students participate in my classes? This is the question I asked myself when I first met this group of twenty s teenagers age 15-16 years old. From day one, they took part in the activities and spoke English most of the time. I was puzzled. How come? We meet at the end...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Resources, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Allwright, Bakhtin, Exploratory Practice, Understanding classroom life

Technology and English Language Teaching to Deaf Students

17 de outubro de 2016

by Antonio Coutelo

According to Mattar (2010), Prensky (2010) and Frei et al (2011), the use of new information and communication technologies (ICT) in different educational spaces has been helping the teaching of foreign languages since the 90s – when computers became more common in foreign language classes. In this regard, Paiva (2001) considers that ICTs bring advantages:...Read More

Inclusive Teaching

Deaf Students, english language teaching, inclusive teaching

Investing in the Future

13 de outubro de 2016

by Dominic Walters

I asked an investment fund manager recently what were the big investment opportunities in Brazil at the moment. He replied that without doubt he would invest in the health and educational sectors. He specifically mentioned online courses, whether or not they are blended, as showing great potential for growth in the future, although he added...Read More

Reflections about Education

self-directed learning

Quão certo está seu aluno sobre o caminho que precisa trilhar? (Parte 2)

11 de outubro de 2016

by Vinicius Diamantino

No coaching profissional nós entendemos que se as ferramentas normalmente empregadas na administração de empresas costumam trazer resultados excelentes, elas deverão funcionar também em outras áreas da vida que não apenas nos negócios. Haja visto que nós coaches somos apaixonados por tarefas, metas, objetivos e propósitos (nesta ordem) é bem simples compreender a razão pela...Read More

Reflections about Education

coaching profissional

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