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Burnout in ELT

23 de janeiro de 2018

Photo from ELTPics by Branislav Kubecka I’d like to thank all EFL/ESL teachers who agreed to participate and collaborate in my research of this important issue. Burnout:  physical or mental collapse caused by overwork or stress (Oxford dictionary). Burnout is a theme which seems to have been frequently discussed among EFL teachers recently. I myself have reflected about it...Read More

ELT Management, Reflections about Education

burnout, elt, professional-exhaustion, teaching

Tips on having successful private lessons

4 de janeiro de 2018

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

How to win the customers It is widely known that “advertising is the core of a business”, and it could not be truer. Gladly, nowadays, the means one may use to advertise their own work are innumerable. To begin with, we have the good old word of mouth. Should you do a great job, people...Read More

Career

-businesscards, -privatelessons, -socialmedia, -teachingprivatestudents, advertising, EFL, elt, esl, teaching

The ever-changing nature of ELT in Brazil: How teaching practices reflect glocal changes – Part 2

20 de dezembro de 2017

by Edmilson Chagas

Published on November 20th, the first part of this post tries to briefly describe the trends of ELT in Brazil from the early 90’s to the late 2000’s. In it, I also included the themes and topics of some of the plenary sessions in international conferences and the names of the speakers who delivered them. ...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, conferences, EFL, elt, professional development, teacher development

Is the Brazilian ELT industry racist?

26 de novembro de 2017

by Taylor Veigga

A few days ago, the Rio de Janeiro Secretary of Education criticized the actress Tais Araujo for her TED Talk in which she shares some of the challenges she will soon encounter as a mother of black children. The Secretary described it as ‘racial stupidity’. Needless to say, I was shocked to hear that. It...Read More

Career, ELT Management, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

elt, racial-diversity, racism

The ever-changing nature of ELT in Brazil: How teaching practices reflect glocal changes

20 de novembro de 2017

by Edmilson Chagas

PART 1: from the early 90’s to the early 2010’s What you are about to read is by no means to be regarded as an accurate description of ELT practices in Brazil throughout the last 3 decades. Rather, what I attempt to describe below is simply my very own perception of how ELT has throughout...Read More

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

Classroom experiences, conferences, education, elt, language development for teachers, teacher development

A matter of balance – women as plenary speakers

2 de novembro de 2017

by elainehodgson

If you have spent some time online in the past months, particularly on Facebook, you may have come across a number of posts followed by hundreds of comments, basically related to gender equality, or lack of it, in ELT events. Gender equality in general is an issue that has been discussed for a long time,...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education

career, challenges, conferences, critical thinking, education, EFL, elt, engagement, professional development, social media, teacher development

Power Up your Classes with Youtube Videos

28 de outubro de 2017

by Carla Arena

There´s nothing new on the use of Youtube for learning, but how often do you use its features beyond watching the videos? I´d like to suggest three ways to enhance the use of Youtube videos in the classroom. First, encourage your group to create a collaborative playlist about the topic they are studying. By doing...Read More

Educational Technology, Technology

classroom, classroom activity, EdTech, elt, Google, RSA, TED-ED, video, video in the classroom, Youtube

What Makes A Good Speaking Class?

24 de outubro de 2017

by Adriano Zanetti

Whatever needs analyses one carries out with their groups, there is every likelihood that 9 out 10 will record that they will want to improve their speaking skills best. At this point I do not believe that anyone involved in ELT would be surprised at this, yet we can witness the fact that developing speaking...Read More

Skills

elt, speaking skills, speaking-class

Diversity in ELT networking.

21 de setembro de 2017

by Júlio Vieitas

After much reflection on my professional career, I must admit that everything I do I don’t do alone. I am who I am thanks to the collaboration of an endless number of people that have crossed paths with me and shared some of their wisdom, kindness, support, different takes on ELT and constructive criticism. I...Read More

Career, ELT Management

career, elt

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

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