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We don’t live in boxes

30 de setembro de 2019

Chaos. That’s what the world is all about. We spend our whole lives trying to organize what cannot be organized. We want to predict the unpredictable. We believe we can have control over our lives but there is no control. We have been doing the same with Education for centuries. We try to put knowledge...Read More

Bilingual Education, Reflections about Education

bilingual-education, chaos, language learning, learning process, teaching

OMG! My Teenage Student is Better Than Me!

16 de setembro de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

It’s the beginning of a new term. You’re chosen to teach an upper-intermediate/advanced group. You’re excited to meet your new students, you plan a welcome activity so as to start off with the right foot. You enter the room, start the class and ask your new students to introduce themselves. And suddenly one particular student...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, challenges, Classroom experiences, CPD, education, language, reflection, teaching, teaching teenagers, teenagers, teens

The secret handshake

13 de setembro de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

Year: 1999. Group: Basic 1. Place: Uberaba, MG – Brasil. Seventeen-year-old Ana Carolina stepped into a classroom for the first time. Young, restless, feeling entitled by her recently acquired C2 diploma and, most importantly: raw. Fluent, for sure. After one year of isolation from all Portuguese speakers in a cultural exchange program before cell phones...Read More

Bilingual Education, Career, Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, education, EFL, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teaching

Standing the test of time

15 de agosto de 2019

by Ana Carolina Calil

Monday, 6 p.m., the sun peeking through the blinds in the brick and mortar language school building in Brazil. The teacher enters the room carrying a bag of props, flashcards, and her tape recorder. The recorder being to her as precious as a map to a Geography teacher: “Hi, John Peter! How are you today?”...Read More

Bilingual Education, Classroom Experiences, Educational Technology, Teacher Development, Technology, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teaching, technology

The X Factor in Teaching Teens

16 de junho de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

Have you ever changed your lesson plan (or part of it) halfway through due to students’ lack of engagement? And have you ever regretted changing it because students asked you to do something different in class? If you answered yes for both questions, you face the same dilemma that we do; which is how much...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Games, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education

challenges, Classroom experiences, creativity, reflection, teaching, teachingteens, teenagers

5 Things Every Teenagers’ Teacher Must Do to Excel in Classroom Management

16 de maio de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

When the subject is teaching teenagers, there is always a cloud hanging over teachers’ heads. This cloud has a name and it is quite a familiar one: behaviour. As a rule of thumb, when we have a couple of teenagers together in one room, there will eventually be distraction, standing up, talking (or yelling), paper...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, ELT Management, Reflections about Education

challenges, Classroom experiences, education, teaching

To journal or not to journal: that is the question!

10 de maio de 2019

by Fabiana Muliterno

This month I had the opportunity to interview Professor John Hattie on the topic of Visible Learning. Although I wasn’t in front of the screen, I was responsible for most of the academic articulation behind it, and then I had to revisit some of my notes I had taken from the previous readings about this...Read More

Teacher Development

motivation, purpose, teaching, writing

Using Superheroes in Class

16 de abril de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

Before we start, click on the player above and enjoy this song while you enjoy your reading! I guarantee it will make the experience a lot more fun! 🙂 Some years ago, acclaimed director Steven Spielberg said he thought the superhero film genre would die out. Much has been said about the possible downfall of...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Games, Lesson Ideas, Resources, Vocabulary

classroom activity, creativity, teaching, teaching teenagers, teenagers, younger learners

The Teenage Brain: How It Affects the Learning Process

16 de março de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

As a teacher, I have often resorted to different methodologies and activities to make students more interested in my class. However, lately I have been curious about the learning processes of a language and I have been eager to understand in depth how especially teenagers go through such processes. Consequently, the following question has popped...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition

education, Language acquisition, learning, Second-language acquisition, teaching, teaching teenagers, teenagers

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