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The secret handshake

13 de setembro de 2019

Year: 1999. Group: Basic 1. Place: Uberaba, MG – Brasil. Seventeen-year-old Ana Carolina stepped into a classroom for the first time. Young, restless, feeling entitled by her recently acquired C2 diploma and, most importantly: raw. Fluent, for sure. After one year of isolation from all Portuguese speakers in a cultural exchange program before cell phones...Read More

Bilingual Education, Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, education, EFL, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teaching

‘Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world’

8 de agosto de 2019

by Marcela Harrisberger

My third piece of advice is to cultivate a sense of empathy – to put yourself in other people’s shoes – to see the world from their eyes. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world. Barack Obama Empathy is ‘the art of stepping imaginatively into the shoes of another person, understanding...Read More

Teacher Development

Classroom experiences, critical thinking, education, professional development, teacher development

5 Things Every Teenagers’ Teacher Must Do to Excel in Classroom Management

16 de maio de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

When the subject is teaching teenagers, there is always a cloud hanging over teachers’ heads. This cloud has a name and it is quite a familiar one: behaviour. As a rule of thumb, when we have a couple of teenagers together in one room, there will eventually be distraction, standing up, talking (or yelling), paper...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, ELT Management, Reflections about Education

challenges, Classroom experiences, education, teaching

Courage and education: perspectives in the era of turmoil

30 de abril de 2019

by Marcela Cintra

The educational field has been suffering attacks from all parts of society, in Brazil and around the world – differences do apply. This post is a reflection about the courage needed to make significant changes to the current scenario – that of turmoil where teachers, parents, students, the society seem to be taking to each...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education

BNCC, education, english-language-teacher

5 Film and Series quotes that help us become better teachers

9 de abril de 2019

by Rubens Heredia

Most of us cannot watch a film or an episode of our favourite series without trying to identify scenes that could be used in our lessons, right? Even if we just want to Netflix and chill, it just seems to be hardwired in our brains. In this post, I’ll take a look at some of...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education

critical thinking, education, EFL, reflection

The Teenage Brain: How It Affects the Learning Process

16 de março de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

As a teacher, I have often resorted to different methodologies and activities to make students more interested in my class. However, lately I have been curious about the learning processes of a language and I have been eager to understand in depth how especially teenagers go through such processes. Consequently, the following question has popped...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition

education, Language acquisition, learning, Second-language acquisition, teaching, teaching teenagers, teenagers

CPD and courses: who, what, when and how much

2 de março de 2019

by elainehodgson

We hear about CPD, the acronym for Continuous Professional Development, all the time. Although CPD is not only about taking courses, they are certainly a prototypical concept and the number of courses aimed at teachers has been increasing steadily, or at least this is the impression I have. When it comes to courses, one of...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, CELTA, challenges, CPD, critical thinking, education, EFL, elt, elt mantras, learning, motivation, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Dealing With Parents’ High Levels of Expectations

16 de fevereiro de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

The other day I was talking to an acquaintance who has a kid that goes to a language school to study English. As this acquaintance knows I am an English teacher, she started opening up to me about her feelings towards her child’s studies and she stated that she “did not feel like her daughter...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, challenges, critical thinking, education, Language acquisition, learning, reflection, Second-language acquisition

Edutainment: 3 ways to combine education and entertainment

4 de fevereiro de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Since we are at the beginning of a new term or school year, we like reading articles and posts that are going to be useful. As you know, gamification is the new in-thing, so I will provide 3 ways of using edutainment in your classroom. A paramount point to be taken into consideration, entertainment wise,...Read More

Classroom Experiences

classroom-tasks, education, entertainment

About inspiration, strength and gratitude

2 de dezembro de 2018

by elainehodgson

“Dear teacher, I’d like to say I have never forgotten your lessons and I’m grateful you have inspired me to follow this path.” This is part of a message I received last month. It is from a student I had over 20 years ago and who is now a successful teacher of English. I still...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, challenges, Classroom experiences, education, EFL, elt, engagement, feedback, language, learning, motivation, professional development, reflection

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