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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

The Pre-Teaching Dilemma

27 de fevereiro de 2018

by Isabela Villas Boas

A very controversial issue that I always come across in discussions related to English-language-teaching is whether pre-teaching is recommendable. Most discussions I’ve seen revolve around the pre-teaching of vocabulary before a reading or listening. On the one hand, pre-teaching of key vocabulary allows students to tackle the task more easily and reduces their anxiety. On...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Teacher Development

discovery, inductive teaching, methodology, pre-teaching

It’s complex, not complicated.

2 de março de 2016

by Dominic Walters

What is complexity theory and how does it accommodate up to date beliefs about how languages are acquired, and new approaches to teaching like task based learning and dogme approaches? Until recently, theories about language acquisition have been dominated by the cognitivists, such as Krashen, Long and Chomsky. The basic premise was that input would...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Language acquisition, methodology

I used to think…

8 de julho de 2015

by Isabela Villas Boas

Have you ever thought about what you used to think about teaching when you started and how this has changed as the years went by? This was the topic of my very first class with a group of experienced public school teachers. After reading a blog post by Shelley Wright entitled I used to think…,...Read More

Teacher Development

methodology, teacher beliefs

Teaching English to deaf students – part 1

16 de julho de 2014

by Antonio Coutelo

The task of teaching a foreign language (therefore, a third language) for the deaf seems to be a question that can be postponed. As we know, many difficulties have already been identified concerning the teaching of first and second languages. Nevertheless, the history of deaf education shows that in sixteenth-century Spain the monk Pedro Ponce...Read More

Inclusive Teaching

deaf, fluency, libras, methodology

Are teachers born ready?

12 de janeiro de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I was very happy to have been asked to write for the RichmondShare space and thought about getting started by discussing a statement some people make regarding our profession. Are teachers born ready or made? Some people claim that teachers are born ready, that this profession is guided solely by passion which I tend to...Read More

Career

approach, career, methodology, practice, profession