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Jazzing it up: Lessons from Miles Davis for our professional development

2 de dezembro de 2020

As you will probably agree, inspiration comes from the most unusual places. Just now, I felt so moved by a Netflix documentary about the jazz genius Miles Davis that I had to come here and write about the lessons I believe his career may bring to our professional development as teachers. “The Musings of...Read More

#StaySafe, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

art, career, challenges, CPD, creativity, jazz, Music, professional development, reflection, teacher development

A blast from the past: how I learned and failed to learn English through songs

5 de novembro de 2019

by Natália Guerreiro

“You’ve got that look again, the one I hoped I had when I was a lad…” The familiar tune and the words I had once memorized blasted out of my phone — quite unexpectedly, I might add. I was listening to a random Spotify playlist, and out came Simply Red’s 1992 major hit “For Your...Read More

Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy

anecdote, autonomy, language learning strategies, learner autonomy, learner strategies, learning strategies, Music, SLA, songs, strategies

Sing, sing a song – 8 ways of using songs in the ELT classroom

5 de abril de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

Late in February a BrELTer asked what she could do with songs in ELT lessons. My comment there was huge (sorry!) because I simply love using songs in language learning, both as a teacher and as a student. In fact, I have forgotten most of the French I’ve been taught except for the French in songs...Read More

Games, Pronunciation, Resources

Music, songs

You Will Survive: Teaching With Songs – Part 02

15 de julho de 2014

by Adir Ferreira

Hello there! Today we have the second part of the activities I used in a talk about teaching with music a couple of years ago: You Will Survive! Check out the first part by clicking here. 3. Translation. Level: A1+ Option 01 If you want to use more complicated songs with beginning students you can...Read More

Lesson Ideas

Music

The Power of Song

1 de julho de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

Hello again! It’s good to be back after a short absence – a lot has happened since I last posted and I’ll be writing about one those things here. I had the great fortune in June to be at a fabulous conference in lovely Cancun, Mexico. While I was there I was talking about the...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education

engagement, Music, songs, teaching

You Will Survive: Teaching With Songs – Part 01

15 de junho de 2014

by Adir Ferreira

Music has always played a very important part of my life. My dad used to play in a forró band, my older brother is an accomplished guitar player and later in life I ended up becoming a professional singer. Songs were present in my classes a lot and in 2012 I decided to gather up...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Resources

Music, pronunciation, songs, vocabulary

Every place tells a story

18 de março de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

As English teachers, we never know when and how we impact people and generally we think this is limited to the classroom, but this is not always the case. There is this teacher who unknowingly encouraged me to reflect on a picture that I had posted to the Eltpics Facebook page. For those of you...Read More

Classroom Experiences

classroom, dynamics, eltpics, learning spaces, Music, space, student interaction

“Music”, not only “songs” in class

7 de março de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

The other day I was struggling to chose a topic to discuss about with the teachers in my school. It was somehow funny as things happened – two of the teachers came, on the very same day, asking about ideas and rationale for using music in class. Well, this extract is not exactly on how...Read More

Classroom Experiences

activation of brain, attention, BrainGym, concentration, Music