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Should presentations in Portuguese be allowed in ELT Conferences in Brazil?

2 de setembro de 2018

Scene 1: Big conference in Brazil. The speaker, a Brazilian, goes onto the stage to begin her plenary session. While she speaks, you notice she makes some mistakes, pronunciation mistakes, grammar mistakes, but the content of her presentation is relevant and she manages to get her message across. At the end of her talk, you...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, conferences, CPD, critical thinking, EFL, ELF, intelligibility, language, professional development, reflection, teacher development

HOW TO RESPOND TO A CALL FOR PAPERS OR PRESENTERS EFFECTIVELY

5 de junho de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

Vinicius Diamantino organized a much needed online panel* about how to deliver killer presentations at ELT and educational events. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to participate as planned, but what follows is what I had prepared: how to write effective abstracts and summaries that will get you accepted as a speaker in the first place. Do,...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

abstract, abstracts, call for papers, call for presentations, conference, CPD, events, presentation skills, presenting, proposals, summaries, summary, teacher development, writing, writing proposals

Developing professionally in your work place – What does that mean to you?

15 de abril de 2018

by Lenora Haranaka

We all want a positive work environment where we feel safe to share our ideas, projects, concerns, and challenges… where we can offer and seek advice aiming at a greater good: helping learners reach their goals and becoming the best possible professional we can become. Right – that’s a lovely goal. How can we make...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, CPD, education, motivation, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Volunteering and developing at the same time

5 de abril de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

BRAZ-TESOL, Brazil’s largest association of English language teaching professionals, needed a video that explained what it stands for, so I made one. My qualifications for making the video? None. Learning as I went, I ended up with something that has made me very proud. Of course making a video when you’re not a professional is...Read More

Teacher Development

BRAZ-TESOL, BrELT, CPD, development, elt, PD, professional development, teacher association, volunteering

Tips on the 16th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference in Caxias do Sul

5 de março de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

This is a post for all of you who are planning to attend the 16th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference (16th BTIC) in Caxias do Sul, RS, in July, but don’t know where to start. In case you haven’t heard of the event, BRAZ-TESOL is the largest ELT association in Brazil and its international conference brings together...Read More

Teacher Development

16btic, BRAZ-TESOL, bt, BTIC, continuing professional development, CPD, illbethere, PD, professional development, teacher association, universidade caxias do sul

Looking back, looking ahead and looking beyond: Why professional development matters

18 de janeiro de 2018

by Teresa Carvalho

When I earned my degree in Linguistics from college many years back, the only thing I had in mind was continuing teaching English and preparing my own materials. At the time it seemed to be a sensible thing to do. So, I kept teaching one-on-one classes for many years and I enjoyed every bit of...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

burnout, CPD, professional development

What I would say to the novice teacher I once was

5 de dezembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

End of year, spring cleaning, and I ended up finding many old pictures and documents which were a trip down memory lane. I wondered what I would say to that young Natalia, who was about to start her career as an English teacher, or to anyone who is starting in the career for that matter....Read More

Career

career, career management, career plan, CPD, tips for novice teachers

We study, We teach, We learn

22 de setembro de 2017

by Paulo Torres

I have been an English teacher for almost 23 years. I also worked as a pedagogical coordinator at language schools for many years. After all this time, these experiences have helped me understand what students needed to get the most out of speaking activities and how teachers could help them take part in speaking activities...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

CPD, professional_development, speaking

It’s almost mid-September! Have you chosen your area(s) for development yet?

10 de setembro de 2017

by Lenora Haranaka

If so, how has it helped you to know your learners better? And furthermore, how has it benefitted your learners’ experience? Going back to the two perspectives explored on my last post (richmondshare.com.br/its-time-to-start-over/), here are some of the choices I have made so far: Leaving our comfort zone I have been working mainly with peer...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

CPD, Group Cohesiveness, peer observation, teaching adults

More than a cut above average: a chat with my hairdresser about professional development

5 de setembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

I had a haircut the other day and got to talking to the hairdresser, an energertic 31-year-old professional who I’ve been going to for a few years now. [Don’t worry, I haven’t gone mad(der) and won’t be rambling on about beauty on a teacher-oriented blog. The relevance of the chat will become evident soon, I...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

CPD, professional development

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