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

2 de março de 2019

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

The two of you; the two of you; the three of you. 4 reasons for using pair work

9 de setembro de 2018

by Rubens Heredia

We all have our own peculiar little habits that are deeply ingrained in our routine, don’t we? Some of us always put on the socks before the trousers. Others check their phones as soon as they wake up. These aren’t conscious decisions, but rather things that we simply do without really thinking about it, usually...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education

Classroom experiences, classroom-management, collaborative learning, elt mantras, English teaching, how to teach english, language teaching techniques, methodology, tips for teachers

English made in Brazil

6 de fevereiro de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

Two things have happened recently that served as inspiration for this post. One of them is the (erroneous) belief that one can only learn a language if his/her teacher is a native speaker. Who would figure this is still a debate in 2017. The other is the #accentpride that aims at fighting the prejudice that only...Read More

Career, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, career, CELTA, challenges, elt mantras, Second-language acquisition, te

Diversity and the danger of having an opinion about what you don’t know

2 de novembro de 2016

by elainehodgson

A couple of months ago a friend of mine reported on his page on Facebook a situation that had happened to his son at school. It was a Portuguese lesson and the focus was defining and non-defining relative clauses. To cut a long story short, my friend’s son defended that that the sentence My father...Read More

Reflections about Education

Classroom experiences, critical thinking, EFL, elt, elt mantras, Facebook, materials, professional development, social media, teaching

A vida não é um cursinho de inglês…

22 de outubro de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

Esta semana, surfando na internet, me deparei com um meme bastante bem humorado que me chamou a atenção, arrancando aquele sorriso típico de quem admite para si mesmo: ‘genial!’ Eis aqui o dito cujo: Não obstante o riso quase que inevitável, por de trás do bom humor (através de um símile que faz alusão ao estereótipo...Read More

Classroom Management, Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, communication, EFL, elt mantras, intelligibility, professional development, pronunciation

TTT: the good, the bad and the ugly!

9 de junho de 2015

by Rubens Heredia

Gone are the days when teachers were the sole source of knowledge. The Internet has revolutionised society by granting everyone access to the information, meaning that listening to a teacher talking on and on about a topic is not only unnecessary but actually rather boring. It is therefore inevitable that teachers reflect upon their role...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

EFL, elt mantras, engagement, interaction, professional development, teacher development

Seeking continuous development (part 2)

9 de março de 2015

by Rubens Heredia

Working in recruiting and teacher training, I came to notice that Knowledge and Skills (which we dealt with last month) may get your CV noticed, but what determines your success in your career in the end, are the two As in Donald Freeman’s KASA framework: Attitude and Awareness. A long time ago, during one of...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, EFL, elt mantras, motivation, professional development, teacher development

Do instructions have to be that dull?

9 de janeiro de 2015

by Rubens Heredia

Instructions are an important part of every teacher’s life. They can either make or break our lessons, getting students in the best mood imaginable or sending them into a downward spiral of discontentment (has anyone ever heard students react with sighs of “reading again?”). How can we guarantee that the second doesn’t happen? Imagine a...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development

Classroom experiences, EFL, elt mantras, engagement, motivation, student engagement, teacher development, teacher training

Revisiting ELT Mantras: know you think

14 de dezembro de 2014

by Damian Willians

There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says ‘Morning boys. How’s the water?’ And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, ‘What...Read More

Teacher Development

conclusion, critical thinking, elt mantras, summary

Checking up on checking

9 de dezembro de 2014

by Rubens Heredia

Checking exercises is so deeply ingrained in our teaching practice that we seldom give it a thought. Asking students to report back after a small-group activity is also common practice ever since the boom of the communicative approach. But are we making the best use of classroom time or could we just be doing it...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Classroom experiences, EFL, elt mantras, feedback, language, teacher development

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