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They haven’t understood it yet.

6 de março de 2016

This week I came across the photo below on different friends’ timelines: Under the photo you read: ‘The perfect place for a cell phone while classes take place!’ Reactions to the photo varied. Some of these friends thought this was a good idea. Some, on the other hand, criticised it. Two of these comments...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Technology

cell phone, cell phone in class, technology

Why teachers need a pronunciation dictionary

5 de março de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

A teacher who is worried about his or her language development has many avenues to pursue, pronunciation being only one of them. On that matter, though, here is a tip: don’t snub pronunciation dictionaries! I know what you are thinking, “Why on earth would people need pronunciation dictionaries if regular dictionaries (even those online!) have...Read More

Pronunciation, Teacher Development

dictionaries, dictionary, language development, mistakes teachers make, phonology, pronunciation, teacher development, variation, Wells

It’s complex, not complicated.

2 de março de 2016

by Dominic Walters

What is complexity theory and how does it accommodate up to date beliefs about how languages are acquired, and new approaches to teaching like task based learning and dogme approaches? Until recently, theories about language acquisition have been dominated by the cognitivists, such as Krashen, Long and Chomsky. The basic premise was that input would...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Language acquisition, methodology

Adapting lessons to learners’ profile

29 de fevereiro de 2016

by Marcela Cintra

Last month we looked at getting to know who your students are and the main purpose of having information about them is to focus on their needs when planning lessons, to adjust their expectations to the course goals. If you work in schools or language institutes, courses you teach usually have a core syllabus that all teachers...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

Can ELT afford digital?

29 de fevereiro de 2016

by Luke Baxter

Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to attend the MAWSIG conference in London. This is a gathering of talented materials writers, editors and publishers. The theme of the conference was “New ways of working for new ways of learning” so the focus was heavily on digital and writing for digital. As I...Read More

Reflections about Education, Technology

digital education, elt

Do Teachers Need BETTER feedback?

23 de fevereiro de 2016

by cecilialemos

Last weekend I took part in an online professional development event organized by EFL Talks, called 10 in 10 for YOU. The idea was to have questions asked by teachers answered in 10 minutes (each), using 10 slides (videos of all the 40 talks will be made available in the website if you want to...Read More

Teacher Development

feedback, observation

Let go the idea that teachers have to be perfect.

18 de fevereiro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!” Cate Blanchett 1 It was a group of six prospective students from a well-known multinational company in São Paulo. It was back in the day when VCRs were cutting-edge technology, so we had a brand new one at our school. We’d specially bought...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences

failure; teachers stories;

Diary of a Bilingual Kid

13 de fevereiro de 2016

by Fabiano Silveira

Olá, a todos! Em 13 de janeiro de 2015, publiquei aqui no nosso blog o post To be bilingual or not to be bilingual: that’s the question (#not)!, sobre estar criando meu filho Eduardo, então com dois meses e meio de vida, de forma bilíngue. Tive dois excelentes comentários em meu texto, que me motivaram...Read More

Language Acquisition

bilingualism, bilinguismo, inglês

Everything you’ve always wanted to know about EFL…but were too busy to ask.

12 de fevereiro de 2016

by Stephen Greene

What burning questions have you got about EFL? You know the ones that are burning away in the back of your mind but you felt too foolish to ask, or those ones that you have asked but never got a decent answer, or even the ones you just never found the time to ask. Well,...Read More

Teacher Development, Technology

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