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Let’s Face the Music: A Song Project With Teens

16 de julho de 2019

Students’ real-world contact with English plays hands down a more realistic role in the development of their skills, rather than the few hours they spend in the classroom. Taking this into account, it is high time teachers worked as mediators between learners and their (desirable) daily exposure to the language. But is it enough to...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Lesson Ideas, Resources

classroom activity, Classroom experiences, communication, creativity, engagement, learning, motivation

Jaboticabas and Figs

13 de maio de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

Unit 3: Food. In the first exercise, the coursebook brings a set of pictures, each of them showing different food separated in groups. The image labeled with the letter “B” depicts bacon, a box of cereal, two doughnuts, a waffle, some pancakes, eggs, and a glass of orange juice. The instructions tell students to check...Read More

Bilingual Education, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Sin categoría, Vocabulary

brazilian culture, communication, culture, neutralized culture

The impact of your teaching

14 de agosto de 2017

by Henrick Oprea

Technology will not replace teachers, but teachers who can integrate technology effectively in their pedagogical practices will replace teachers who can’t. The quote above has been repeated time and again (with different wording each time) in education conferences where the focus is technology in education – so much so that it’s hard to find the correct attribution...Read More

Career, Educational Technology, Inclusive Teaching, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education

communication, critical thinking, educational technology, student engagement

The price we pay for (not) promoting ourselves

2 de agosto de 2017

by elainehodgson

A couple of months ago, talking to a dear friend and co-worker about future jobs prospects, I asked her one of those ‘why don’t you’ questions. Her reply was ‘I don’t have much time for promoting myself.’ Well, I know that is true when you have deadlines pressing on you. Then, on a different occasion,...Read More

Career

career, challenges, communication, critical thinking, professional development, technology

Of work and idioms

6 de março de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

A couple of years ago, Damian Williams wrote a post explaining why he doesn’t like teaching idiomatic expressions. I wrote a response to that, as I strongly disagreed with him. However, a recent conversation with another teacher made me rethink that a bit. Here’s the situation: I have two private students, both of whom work...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Vocabulary

Brazilian learners, communication, EFL, elt, language, vocabulary

What does it mean to communicate? Part II – Montblancs vs. Bics

5 de março de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

Once, when I needed to sign a document, I borrowed a pen from a person very dear to me. I immediately felt something was wrong. My handwriting wasn’t flowing naturally and I wondered what was up with the pen. That’s when I saw a 6-point white star on the top. The owner of the pen...Read More

Language testing & assessment, Reflections about Education

assessment, communication, communicative approach, indigenous assessment criteria, language, language for communication, performance assessment, standards

Inquisitive Ears – Helping learners develop their collocational competence

1 de março de 2017

by Lenora Haranaka

How many of us have heard learners expressing the wish ‘I want to be fluent in English’? But then, what does it mean to be fluent? As the title suggests, I truly believe in walking through life with our ears wide open, and there is one belief that has permeated my teaching over the years:...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

collocational competence, communication, EFL, fluency, learning strategy, motivation, triggering curiosity

What does it mean to “communicate”?

5 de fevereiro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

“Relax,” many teachers tell students, “if you have communicated, it’s all right.” Indeed. What is it, however, that counts as effective communication? At what moment can we chill out knowing we have done a good job in communicating? For some teachers, communication is getting your message across. It doesn’t matter if the learner has made...Read More

Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language

communication, communicative approach, conduit metaphor, language for communication, standards

Using songs in the classroom

6 de dezembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

If you had been my student at around 2010 on of your complaints would have been that I never used songs in my lessons. Earlier in my career I used songs quite frequently, in that gap-fill let’s-kill-some-time kind of way. However, as I became more experienced, I realised that this kind of activity is not...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Skills

Classroom experiences, communication, creativity, EFL, elt, esl, songs, student engagement

5 bons livros disponíveis gratuitamente para você se desenvolver durante o recesso

22 de dezembro de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

Então, mais um ano se passou. Se você for como eu, vai olhar para as resoluções do ano anterior (aquelas que você escreveu ainda em 2014) e ver que não conseguiu cumprir boa parte delas. A tão sonhada forma física, o curso de desenho artístico e a viagem à Fernando de Noronha em 2015, por...Read More

Teacher Development

career, classroom activity, Classroom experiences, communication, creativity, digital media, educational technology, EFL, elt, inglês, language, language development for teachers, motivation, professional development, storytelling, teacher development, teacher training, technology, Young learners

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