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

9 de setembro de 2018

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

Taking the English teaching profession more seriously – a more personal view

4 de junho de 2018

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

I am genuinely grateful for being a teacher and for working with the ELT area. I first had the idea of becoming a teacher when I was only nine years old. I used to play with a blackboard and chalk and I used to teach my younger brother and his friends how to read and...Read More

Career

English teaching, english-language, teaching-career, teaching-profession

Do you fear a career plateau?

2 de abril de 2018

by elainehodgson

Most teachers of English, I believe, will have heard of the intermediate plateau, when students who reach intermediate level feel that are somewhat stuck in the learning process and not making any progress. Likewise, many of us will have experienced a career plateau at some point in our professional life. Can this feeling be avoided?...Read More

Teacher Development

career-plateau, English teaching

More than Words

23 de outubro de 2014

by cecilialemos

More than words (or at least more than a language!) I like to think I am more than a language teacher. Those who know me also know that I don’t say this because I think being a language teacher is a lesser job. Quite the contrary, to tell you the truth. I am very...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education

English teaching, global education, globalization, teaching

Have you ever wondered how your actions as a teacher may shape the classroom dynamics that you actually experience?

27 de julho de 2014

by Laura Miccoli

Hello everyone! This month, I’d like to share some of the results of a dissertation that investigated, through classroom observation and interviews, the oral narratives of four public and private-school teachers. Carolina Lima[1] wanted an answer to this difficult question: what underlies the decisions teachers’ make? In academia, making decisions or choosing a course of...Read More

Classroom Experiences

English teaching, experiences, human agency

The “Invisibility” of a Teacher’s Job

24 de janeiro de 2014

by cecilialemos

The other day I was at a friend’s birthday and my friend mentioned she had seen my photos in Liverpool and asked me what I had thought of the city. I said I hadn’t seen much of the city, because I had gone there for a conference (last year’s IATEFL Annual Conference) and it didn’t...Read More

Career

English teaching, teaching