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Teaching English to students with Down’s syndrome

17 de setembro de 2014

According to the Scottish Down’s Syndrome Association, Down’s syndrome is the most common form of learning disability. It is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome. Children with Down’s syndrome vary as widely in their development and progress as typically developing children. Regarding development, Vygotsky defined human beings as complex and multifaceted. In this...Read More

Inclusive Teaching

Video Lessons Made Easier

17 de setembro de 2014

by Vivian Magalhães

In my book Teacher Tools, I open the chapter “Movie Time” with an email I received from a teacher who said that not only him, but “thousands of workmates don’t have time to prepare materials or to follow the recipes that many authors of books and/or presenters of workshops give us.” I go on to...Read More

Educational Technology, Resources, Technology

video, websites

Revisiting ELT Mantras #7: ‘Real-world’ activitities

14 de setembro de 2014

by Damian Willians

Humans (like all intelligent hunters) seem innately disposed to notice things which move rather than things which stand still. Cook, 2000 Don’t move a muscle. by Chris Isherwood CC-BY-2.0 It is often argued that the English language class should try to emulate the ‘real world’ as much as possible. Tasks and activities should reflect what...Read More

Games, Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

EFL, elt, elt mantras, esl, Language Play, td

Nem só de música vive o homem: dicas de podcasts em inglês

13 de setembro de 2014

by Fabiano Silveira

Olá, pessoal! Depois de uma pausa meio que forçada, estamos de volta para mais um post envolvendo, de certa forma, tecnologia. Desta vez, vou falar de podcasts. Sabem o que é um podcast? É uma espécie de programa de rádio, geralmente editado, e disponibilizado em sites, blogs e assemelhados, sobre os mais variados assuntos, que...Read More

Pronunciation, Resources, Speaking and Spoken Language, Technology, Vocabulary

ArgCast, Listening, podcast, vocabulary

Mentoring is Good for US – 12 tips for Effective Mentoring

11 de setembro de 2014

by Roseli Serra

At the beginning of 2013 I was invited to take part in a course about mentoring offered by EVO .To my surprise, I discovered that mentoring is something I have been doing for a long time. Furthermore, it is one of the things I like most as a teacher and a teacher trainer. The use...Read More

Teacher Development

mentoring, professional development, teacher trainer

Engaging learners (Part 1)

9 de setembro de 2014

by Rubens Heredia

When I was an English student, some teachers had the magical ability to deliver lessons that were fun and engaging, which allowed me to express myself and to feel I had an active role in my own learning. As I tried to learn how to teach, the ready-made activities that I came across (and the...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

EFL, motivation, pract, student engagement

The Olympic Games are coming!

8 de setembro de 2014

by Ana Beatriz Medeiros de Sousa

The 9th grade students at Colégio A. Liessin recently had a lesson to revise parts of the body. Students were familiar with most of the words as they start learning them in kindergarten through the famous song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”. Our challenge was to find a way to make students practise vocabulary already...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas

olympic games, presentation, sports, vocabulary

Thou shalt not make up rules

5 de setembro de 2014

by Natália Guerreiro

One of my relatives is all giddy with excitement because she has recently begun studying English again. At a family party, we struck up a conversation in a mixture of Portuguese and English, and for some reason I can’t remember, I asked, “How do you say… in English?” She jumped out of her seat, “I...Read More

Teacher Development

teacher knowledge, teacher language, teaching myths

Let ‘Hangman’ Hang

3 de setembro de 2014

by Dominic Walters

To start off with, let me just say that I have never ever liked ‘Hangman’. You know, the game where you have guess the word(s) by calling out letters of the alphabet before the man is hung up on a scaffold. It is not because the act of hanging runs contrary to my political sensibilities...Read More

Games

classroom games, hangman, vocabulary

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