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War and Peace

17 de junho de 2019

What do gunpowder, tobacco, and high-performance schools have in common? If we have the Great Wars of the 20th century as our backdrop, quite a lot. At the end of World War I, Germany was trying to cope with grave social problems. The owner of a cigarette company decided to fund a new school for...Read More

Bilingual Education

active methodologies, bilingualism, elt, pedagogy

The World is Bilingual

14 de abril de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

It’s a typical Saturday at the food court and the family in line in front of you is ready to order: the youngest one talks to her mom in fluent Spanish, the middle one talks on the phone in English and replies to his mom in Spanish, while the mom mixes Spanish with English in...Read More

Bilingual Education

-eflteacher, bilingual-education, bilingualism

The 21st century bilingual teacher – Who Are You?

22 de março de 2019

by Renata Condi

There is a lot of talk about education in the 21st century. There is talk… that we need to embrace the 21st century and become 21st century teachers. that we need to help students learn and develop skills and competences that are necessary for the new world. that we have to do so while embracing...Read More

Bilingual Education

21st century teacher, bilingual-education, bilingualism, translanguaging

The WH- for Bilingual Education in Brazil – what, why, how

12 de dezembro de 2018

by Renata Condi

Just take a quick stroll around the town where you live. How many “bilingual education” ads do you find? From small towns in remote areas to big metropolis, it does seem that a huge number of schools have gone bilingual. But are they all the same? Do they have the same reasons for doing so?...Read More

Bilingual Education

Bilingual Education in Brazil, bilingual-education, bilingualism

What I have been learning from my baby boy – part 3

27 de novembro de 2018

by Carlos Henrique Trindade

Murilo’s journey to bilingualism has been an enormous learning opportunity for me, and an extraordinary field for me to put into practice many theories related to bilingualism and bilingual education in the 21st century. Murilo, now 4 years old, masters the comprehension of the English language typically spoken by me. There are some terms that...Read More

Reflections about Education

bilingual-education, bilingualism

The Translanguaging Pedagogy: Friend or Foe?

6 de setembro de 2018

by Eduardo Trindade

Translanguaging is a term that was first coined in 1994 as trawsieithu (translanguaging in Welsh) by Welsh researcher Cen Williams in order to refer to the processes in which English and Welsh were used for different reasons and purposes in the same class. For example, students would read or listen to content in English and...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

bilingualism, CLIL, codeswitching, Essential Questions, translanguage, translanguaging

What I have been learning from my baby boy – part 2

27 de fevereiro de 2018

by Carlos Henrique Trindade

One important thing I learned from my baby is that laziness starts from a very early age. Having been talking to him only in English for more than 2 years now, I can notice his incredible understanding of my production in spoken English. He understands nearly everything I speak to him, reacts appropriately to commands,...Read More

Reflections about Education

baby, bilingualism, language, motivation

What English do you teach? Are we bilingual or proficient?

7 de julho de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I have decided to write about these “types” of English as a lot is being discussed in terms of approaches in teaching due to lots of schools claiming to be “bilingual”. Well, in fact, let’s discuss those two things – what facet of English we deal with in our regular teaching reality and what bilingualism...Read More

Reflections about Education

bilingual, bilingualism, proficient, second language

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

A tendency now is to have schools advertising being “bilingual”. But what is it to be a bilingual school?

7 de dezembro de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

According to Baker (2011) bilingual education refers to the education in more than one language, often comprising more than two. It is different from traditional education as it uses language as a medium of instruction providing tolerance towards other linguistic and cultural groups. There is the pivotal need to integrate language and content which is...Read More

Reflections about Education

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