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

5 de novembro de 2019

“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

A lot from a little VI

26 de setembro de 2014

by Ben Goldstein

In my last post here I looked at a monologue from a non-native speaker of English, Dani and analysed what made him a proficient, fluent speaker (see A lot from a little V). The interesting thing about his monologue is that its sophisticated quality does not derive from grammatical or lexical complexity but rather from...Read More

Speaking and Spoken Language

communication, language, strategies

To Sir, with Love

18 de setembro de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

‘To Sir, with Love‘ was perhaps the most watched and the most loved movie in my teenage years. The East London high school teacher who gave up on the school textbooks to teach his rowdy, disruptive students about life, was every teenage kid’s hero. I’ve just come across the website below, which offers a glimpse...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

difficult students, jill Hadfield, Lindsay Clandfield, Luke Prodromou, strategies

A lot from a little V

25 de julho de 2014

by Ben Goldstein

Continuing my series on less is more. Today, and in the following posts, we will look at how much can be discovered about spoken language from watching a monologue of a mere 200 words. In this case, the monologue is given by Dani, a proficient non-native speaker of English from Barcelona. Before reading the rest...Read More

Speaking and Spoken Language

communication, language, strategies, video

Are Teachers Responsible for Enrollment Numbers?

8 de abril de 2014

by Anderson Maia

Today’s competitive English Teaching market has demanded a new responsibility from teachers: supporting their institution’s marketing strategies. Although teacher education programs for EFL practitioners do not include marketing or promotion strategies, many language teachers are held accountable for students who choose to drop out, for those who choose to continue studying, and for supporting the...Read More

Career

enrollment, marketing, sales, strategies, teacher's role