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Just a minute, let me think!

2 de setembro de 2014

Just a minute, let me think![1] The first decision I had to make regarding this post was if I wanted to write in Portuguese or in English. That was because it is based on a three-question survey I conducted with my last year high school students (3o ano do Ensino Médio) where I work...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners

To post or not to post?

1 de setembro de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I’ve decided to address a very controversial issue in my blog post. Well, it seems it is not controversial at all for most of the people, but it is something that has puzzled me for a while. This is not going to be a very long post as I do not have any answers to...Read More

Reflections about Education, Technology

Blog, controversy, digital media, Facebook, Instagram, online privacy, Parents, Pinterest, Posts, privacy, social media, technology, Twitter, Young learners

Meaningful learning in action: Using learners’ knowledge of L1

1 de setembro de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello! In my previous post we looked at the concept of ‘meaningful learning’, the idea of taking what learners already know and using it to help them to learn more. In this post, I want to start looking at how to do this in the classroom. Using learners’ knowledge of L1. This clearly cuts into...Read More

Language Acquisition, Teacher Development

meaningful learning, teacher development, use of L1

The Babel fish, Skype translator and the end of the world as we know it…

1 de setembro de 2014

by Luke Baxter

I’m no futurologist but I have made two apocalyptic predictions in my time, both of which look like they might come true. The first was that I thought it was a very bad idea to try to convince the Chinese that they should adopt a Western lifestyle. Even before we knew what we know now...Read More

Technology

skype, translation, voice recognition

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: D is for Desks

29 de agosto de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#6: D is for Desks This month we move from tables to desks. Here, though I refer to real desks not desks-as-simile. Real, solid, rectangular teacher’s desks. A desk is such an innocent thing, a flat top and four legs, sometimes a draw to forget things in. But I rage, rage against the using of...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

The Dangerous Trap of Questions in the Classroom

29 de agosto de 2014

by Carla Arena

I´m a mother of teens. As a mother, it is almost unavoidable to ask too many questions, and to my despair getting monosyllabic answers. The story goes more or less like this, “So how was school today?” “OK”. And sometimes the most I can get is, “boring as always”. Well, being a teacher, this questioning...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Lesson Ideas

bloomstaxonomy, classroom, questions, student engagement, transformative practice

Shameful experiences: do you contribute to the transmission of shame in class?

27 de agosto de 2014

by Laura Miccoli

Hi everyone! This month I address a difficult topic – shame. Shame is a tabooed emotion. Yet, teachers and students commonly mention shame and shameful experiences. For teachers, the question is: do you contribute to the transmission of shame? Can we experience healthier teacher-student interaction: one marked by dignity rather than shame? Shame is painful...Read More

Classroom Experiences

classroom practices, emotions, humiliation, shame

Listen to learn, learn to listen

25 de agosto de 2014

by Adriano Zanetti

I was delivering this session on Developing Listening skills to a Pre-service course at CISJDR and got bewildered, not to mention shocked, at what one trainee brought up in a group discussion. She categorically affirmed that she is not allowed to work on listening skills in her school as it may disrupt the class and...Read More

Skills

aural impact, intensive and extensive listening, listening subskills, post-listening, potential listening problems, pre-listening, skills integration, while-listening

Storytelling vs. Reading to oneself

21 de agosto de 2014

by Thalya Goldfeld

Many times when hearing story, students will not understand every word being spoken. Many times students can deduce the meaning from the context of the story. They might ask about a word, or a phrase in order to understand the situation presented in the storyline. Sometimes it’s necessary to adapt language in order to be...Read More

Classroom Experiences

language, storyline, storytelling