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motivation

Enhancing Lexical Strategies – Learning By Heart or Memory Habit Formation?

24 de maio de 2018
by Adriano Zanetti
It goes without saying that vocabulary is one aspect language acquisition that plays an important role when learning one mother’s tongue, let alone a foreign language. I have often had learners saying that they can fairly get by grammatical structures and the real factor holding them back is how to put words within this lexical...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Vocabulary
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English on a daily-basis: making it happen!

21 de maio de 2018
by Lenora Haranaka
At the beginning of a new semester, learners are usually excited to get started, enthusiastic about learning and with high hopes of finally achieving that much sought-after fluency. As the course unfolds, so does life: learners have to juggle work, school and their own personal lives, coping with everything at the same time. And as...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Technology, Vocabulary
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Developing professionally in your work place – What does that mean to you?

15 de abril de 2018
by Lenora Haranaka
We all want a positive work environment where we feel safe to share our ideas, projects, concerns, and challenges… where we can offer and seek advice aiming at a greater good: helping learners reach their goals and becoming the best possible professional we can become. Right – that’s a lovely goal. How can we make...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Trends in ELT
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What I have been learning from my baby boy – part 2

27 de fevereiro de 2018
by Carlos Henrique Trindade
One important thing I learned from my baby is that laziness starts from a very early age. Having been talking to him only in English for more than 2 years now, I can notice his incredible understanding of my production in spoken English. He understands nearly everything I speak to him, reacts appropriately to commands,...Read More
Reflections about Education
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Is motivation intrinsic or extrinsic?

4 de fevereiro de 2018
by Beatriz Solino de Francisco
I have once read an article that stated that the word ‘motivation’ is linked to the word ‘emotion’ because both of them come from the Latin word ‘motere’ which means ‘to move towards emotion’. I distinctly remember this, because it has changed the way think about motivation. It is connected to emotion, as what drives...Read More
Reflections about Education
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The Challenge of embracing Challenges – part 1

16 de dezembro de 2017
by Lenora Haranaka
I was looking for an inspiring article about motivation when I came across Bruce Dixon’s entitled ‘The Value of a Cold Shower’. It starts by questioning the kind of expectations we have when we attend the opening keynote at a conference. Dixon asks us: ‘Do you want to be entertained, informed, inspired or provoked, or...Read More
Classroom Experiences, ELT Management, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Inquisitive Ears – Helping learners develop their collocational competence

1 de março de 2017
by Lenora Haranaka
How many of us have heard learners expressing the wish ‘I want to be fluent in English’? But then, what does it mean to be fluent? As the title suggests, I truly believe in walking through life with our ears wide open, and there is one belief that has permeated my teaching over the years:...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Teacher Development, Vocabulary
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