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Looking back, looking ahead and looking beyond: Why professional development matters

18 de janeiro de 2018
by Teresa Carvalho
When I earned my degree in Linguistics from college many years back, the only thing I had in mind was continuing teaching English and preparing my own materials. At the time it seemed to be a sensible thing to do. So, I kept teaching one-on-one classes for many years and I enjoyed every bit of...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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The ever-changing nature of ELT in Brazil: How teaching practices reflect glocal changes – Part 2

20 de dezembro de 2017
by Edmilson Chagas
Published on November 20th, the first part of this post tries to briefly describe the trends of ELT in Brazil from the early 90’s to the late 2000’s. In it, I also included the themes and topics of some of the plenary sessions in international conferences and the names of the speakers who delivered them. ...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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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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A matter of balance – women as plenary speakers

2 de novembro de 2017
by elainehodgson
If you have spent some time online in the past months, particularly on Facebook, you may have come across a number of posts followed by hundreds of comments, basically related to gender equality, or lack of it, in ELT events. Gender equality in general is an issue that has been discussed for a long time,...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education
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More than a cut above average: a chat with my hairdresser about professional development

5 de setembro de 2017
by Natália Guerreiro
I had a haircut the other day and got to talking to the hairdresser, an energertic 31-year-old professional who I’ve been going to for a few years now. [Don’t worry, I haven’t gone mad(der) and won’t be rambling on about beauty on a teacher-oriented blog. The relevance of the chat will become evident soon, I...Read More
Career, Teacher Development
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What do you know?

9 de agosto de 2017
by Rubens Heredia
It’s clear to us by now that the role of the teacher has been changing dramatically. Gone are the days when the teacher was the source of all knowledge! In an age where students are bombarded with and have free access to information, the image of the teacher as a knowledge-transmitter seems outdated and out...Read More
Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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The price we pay for (not) promoting ourselves

2 de agosto de 2017
by elainehodgson
A couple of months ago, talking to a dear friend and co-worker about future jobs prospects, I asked her one of those ‘why don’t you’ questions. Her reply was ‘I don’t have much time for promoting myself.’ Well, I know that is true when you have deadlines pressing on you. Then, on a different occasion,...Read More
Career
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The AAA of feedback: towards constructive change

30 de julho de 2017
by Marcela Cintra
One of my favourite areas to research and study is feedback and the impact that the contribution of others have in teacher development. In this text I will focus on three different features feedback may take depending on tone, intention or professional relationship of those involved: affection, assertiveness and aggression. In general terms, Bill Gates helped us spread...Read More
Career, ELT Management, Teacher Development
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What I have learned all these years

17 de julho de 2017
by Teresa Carvalho
It’s been a while since I last blogged, but it doesn’t mean I haven’t been reflecting on my teaching practice. On the contrary, I’ve almost died from overthinking. This is what I’ve been doing lately: I’ve been thinking about missed opportunities, failures, achievements, goals and dreams. I’ve called on my memories to reflect on what...Read More
Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Marketing não faz milagre!

8 de maio de 2017
by Vinicius Diamantino
Vou confessar uma coisa: odeio ir ao dentista. Nada contra a pessoa do dentista, o profissionalismo ou o consultório. É meio que irracional, como um medo inexplicável, mas eu realmente detesto ir ao dentista. Por isso, evito ao máximo fazê-lo – erro clássico e crítico. Rápida historinha real: usei aparelho fixo por vários anos por...Read More
Career, ELT Management
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