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Vlogmas and the twelve edtech tools of Christmas

6 de dezembro de 2014

Is vlogmas a thing in your house? It is in ours thanks to my ten year old daughter. Her current screen craze is following hit lifestyle vloggers like Zoella. If you haven’t heard of her, don’t worry, it probably just means you’re not young enough! This article in The Guardian is a good place to...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Resources, Technology

Christmas, christmas project, edtech tools, homework challenge, vlog

What is language proficiency after all? (Part 2)

5 de dezembro de 2014

by Natália Guerreiro

Most language teachers have an operating definition of proficiency, even if it is not a very conscious one. In the first part of this post, three different views of the term came to light. Proficiency can be the last stage in a language acquisition journey, hence “certificate of proficiency”. It can also be a set of...Read More

Language testing & assessment

language assessment, language testing, proficiency

Are you applying for a new teacher position?

4 de dezembro de 2014

by Anderson Maia

This is the time of the year when many teachers apply for a new job. This might be the result of moving to a new city, feeling demotivated about their current position, being dismissed from their last job, or just the desire to try new ways in the career. However, this might be an opportunity...Read More

Career

5W’s 2H’s model, careers plan, strategic goals, SWOT matrix

Santa Clause or Father Christmas? Gifts or presents?

3 de dezembro de 2014

by Dominic Walters

I asked a student of mine recently whether he still believed in Father Christmas. He looked at me nonplussed before asking me who Father Christmas was. I replied that he was the big, fat man who delivered children presents at Christmas time. “Presents?”, he asked. “Gifts’, I said. To which he smiled and said, “Ah,...Read More

Language Acquisition

american english, british english, spelling differences, vocabulary

Teachers’ Beliefs

2 de dezembro de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Is it December already?! I’ve just been reading a new book about beliefs in language teaching and learning and, as with any good book, it’s got me thinking. As teachers, how often do we stop to think about what our beliefs are about how we teach and how students learn? In my case, “not very...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

teacher beliefs, teacher development, teacher training

And that my friend is what we call closure…

1 de dezembro de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

As we come to the end of the year, our classes are also about to finish. Hence, the time for us teachers to start planning the end of the semester has come. We end up getting so busy organizing reviews, writing tests, testing and assessing students, writing reports and/or report cards, providing students with feedback...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Games, Lesson Ideas, Resources

classroom activity, Classroom experiences, creativity, game, motivation

Collaborative Google Project – part 1

29 de novembro de 2014

by Luke Baxter

For this blog post, I will be reporting live from an educational project I have set up. Outline: Objectives: To see how effectively Google Docs can be used for Online Projects by both Young Adults and Primary learners. To use collaborative learning to practise English and Spanish. To keep members of my household busy on...Read More

Technology

educational project, google docs, projects

Metalinguagem: ensinar ou não ensinar? Eis a questão!

26 de novembro de 2014

by Denilso de Lima

O Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portugesa define metalinguagem como “linguagem (natural ou formalizada) que serve para descrever ou falar sobre uma outra linguagem, natural ou artificial”. De modo simples, trata-se da linguagem que usamos para falar sobre a língua(gem). Em inglês, metalinguagem é chamada de metalanguage e, do ponto de vista linguístico, é recomendável referir-se...Read More

Grammar, Teacher Development

Story telling treasure hunt/ detective games

21 de novembro de 2014

by Thalya Goldfeld

Story telling can be used as a means to set the “stage”. The story you tell can be the reason students will conduct the treasure hunt or solve the clues as detectives. Story telling provides the justification for searching for the lost treasure or….. For solving the crime. The clues could be written out in...Read More

Classroom Experiences

detective games, storytelling, treasure hunt

Why don’t they get it?

21 de novembro de 2014

by Henrick Oprea

It’s a given that we live in an era in which students have the chance to be exposed to the target language much more frequently than people from past generations did. Smartphones are, at least in Brazil, becoming an essential item, and there are already people who would rather forget their wallet at home than...Read More

Language Acquisition, Teacher Development

attention, error correction, Language Exposure

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