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Writing as language development

31 de maio de 2018

Writing is such a demanding and time-consuming task. Yes, it really is, so why bother? Due to the fact that English is likely to be your bread and butter, we can agree you must have an excellent command of the language, and that includes writing. Moreover, as a teacher, you should be able to help...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

How misheard lyrics can help your learners listen better

5 de fevereiro de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

Do you have students that complain they can’t understand the listening tracks until you let them read the transcripts? The solution could be in Richard Cauldwell’s work, which has been brought to my attention by my dearest Higor Cavalcante. The author of Phonology for Listening and of the forthcoming A Syllabus for Listening, Cauldwell did an...Read More

Pronunciation, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language

bottom-up, higor cavalcante, language development, Listening, phonetics, phonology, pronunciation, richard cauldwell, top-down

An ELT Teacher – A Profession or Occupation?

24 de janeiro de 2018

by Adriano Zanetti

We language educators often get asked what else we do apart from teaching English. Now, this takes the biscuits on the grounds that some people are hell-bent on this to mystify whether we take our profession seriously or not. It is generally known that an L2 teacher is supposed to be someone graduated, qualified or...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

elt, english language teaching, english teacher, language development, professional development, professional-educators, professor-de-inglês, reflection, teacher development, teachers-language-development-for-teachers

Language Development: A short self-study guide for teachers

28 de janeiro de 2017

by Teresa Carvalho

“A teacher who loves learning earns the right and the ability to help others learn.” ― Ruth Beechick, An Easy Start in Arithmetic, Grades K-3 In my last post, I talked about writing. The reason why I wrote about it is because I write, and writing is my journey into the core of the English language. The...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences, Grammar, Language Acquisition, Pronunciation, Reflections about Education, Resources, Skills, Teacher Development

language awareness, language development

Why teachers need a pronunciation dictionary

5 de março de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

A teacher who is worried about his or her language development has many avenues to pursue, pronunciation being only one of them. On that matter, though, here is a tip: don’t snub pronunciation dictionaries! I know what you are thinking, “Why on earth would people need pronunciation dictionaries if regular dictionaries (even those online!) have...Read More

Pronunciation, Teacher Development

dictionaries, dictionary, language development, mistakes teachers make, phonology, pronunciation, teacher development, variation, Wells

We (still) need to talk about English

18 de janeiro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

As I’m writing this post I’m thinking about my English skills as a non-native speaker. I’m aware of the fact that my English is far from being perfect and I can’t expect it to be flawless. Nonetheless, I consider myself a successful English learner-teacher as far as language is concerned for one simple reason: I see...Read More

Career, Grammar, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

language development, language development for teachers, online resources

Teacher language development: I’m starting with the woman in the mirror

5 de setembro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

Inspired by Higor Cavalcante’s webinar for BrELT “Hi, my name is Natalia, and I have a problem with prepositions* in English.” “Hi, Natalia.” We all have our sore spots in terms of language proficiency. Hopefully, they change along our language learning history, as we study, practice the language, learn more, find other areas that need...Read More

Teacher Development

higor cavalcante, language development, teacher development

Une Tomate Rouge and How Languages Work

18 de dezembro de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

1. Une Tomate Rouge Less than a month ago I decided to take up French and I am already being faced with big challenges: I had assumed that languages close to your own in the language tree should not be too hard to learn, so I picked...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

grammar, language, language development, learning styles, skype, teaching styles

Can they have been being seized?

19 de abril de 2014

by Higor Cavalcante

Hello everyone! I want to start this month’s post apologizing for my… silence last month. I’ve got only myself to blame – anyone writing about organization skills out there? – and can just promise it won’t happen again. Scout’s honor. So let me pick up from where we left off last time: I ended by...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

language development, language development for teachers