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We need to talk about English

17 de agosto de 2014

I’ve recently come across Deena Boraie’s 2013 post on the TESOL webpage in which she lists the latest trends in EFL. Two of these trends immediately caught my eye: Change in the Goal of Teaching English: Our goals are no longer to transform our students into imitations of native speakers, but into “competent English-knowing bilinguals,”...Read More

Career, Grammar, Pronunciation, Resources, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

Teaching English to deaf students – part 2

16 de agosto de 2014

by Antonio Coutelo

Last month I mentioned that the deaf are able to learn a foreign language provided that certain conditions are respected. I understand that there is an influence of L1 on L2, because taking off from the basis of the first language can help develop the second one through the inevitable comparison made by apprentices, which...Read More

Inclusive Teaching

Pronunciation For Teachers: 06 Hot Tips!

15 de agosto de 2014

by Adir Ferreira

The following post was inspired by a session I attended at this years’ BrazTESOL conference in João Pessoa. The session was called “Pronunciation for Teachers” and we discussed about some technical aspects of teaching and learning pronunciation and also what a good course syllabus would be like. This session had a huge impact on me...Read More

Pronunciation

Revisiting ELT Mantras #6: Reading aloud

14 de agosto de 2014

by Damian Willians

Picture the scene: There I was, a shy 13-year-old boy, dressed in an itchy, ill-fitting school uniform in the middle of a German language class. Our teacher, Mrs. Dawson, a strict woman who ruled the classroom with an iron fist, is going round the class calling out people to read chunks of a text out...Read More

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

EFL, elt, esl, reading, reading aloud, speaking

Language Acquisition: Order and Progress

12 de agosto de 2014

by Stephen Greene

I am sure there is nobody reading this post who would say the following to a student: “We did the past simple last month and you used it properly, why are you having problems with it now?” The reason we wouldn’t say this is because we are all trained, professional educators who know that learning...Read More

Language Acquisition

First Language Acquisition, Learning Skills, Linear learning, Second-language acquisition

Back to school again: What About Classroom Management?

11 de agosto de 2014

by Roseli Serra

“The role of the teacher is to create conditions in which learning can take place.” (Scrivener, 2006) After a month break we are back to school again. A mix of feelings involves us teachers who wanted to rest a little more, but at the same time, were missing teaching and the school environment. I...Read More

Classroom Management

classroom management, discipline management, materials management, teacher management

The hazy line between lexis and grammar

11 de agosto de 2014

by Luis Otávio Barros

This post is a short account of two lessons I taught in 2002 which helped me to make sense of something I’d read about in the late 90s, but couldn’t get my head around. Not until then anyway. If you’ve been following me for some time, you know that I’m a big believer in experiential...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Vocabulary

grammar, lexical approach, lexis, teaching chunks

How readers can become more than a story to read

8 de agosto de 2014

by Ana Beatriz Medeiros de Sousa

This month I´d like to share with you a project we developed during the first semester with our 6th graders at Colégio A. Liessin Botafogo. For each grade we select two readers to read with students in class and we chose the reader Theseus and the Minotaur for the first term of the 6th grade. Students...Read More

Lesson Ideas

animated video, Minotaur, readers, reading, theseus

Trying too hard

5 de agosto de 2014

by Dominic Walters

Did anyone read a recent article in Time magazine entitled ‘Want to Learn a Language? Don’t Try So Hard’? (Abrams; 2014) It outlined a study undertaken at MIT University which basically found that whereas young people up until the age of puberty use procedural memory to learn a language, adults will use a different type...Read More

Language Acquisition

adult learners, declarative memory, procedural memory, younger learners

Are teachers responsible for students’ motivation?

4 de agosto de 2014

by Anderson Maia

“In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure” said Bill Cosby when inquired about his successful career as a comedian, actor, author, television producer and musician. From weight loss programs to competitive jobs in multinational corporations, the desire for success is a predominant characteristic of human behavior....Read More

Reflections about Education

classroom practices, motivation, students, teachers

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