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Google is a teacher’s BFF: Googling vocabulary

5 de dezembro de 2015

In Part 1 of this text, I went over 2 tips about using dictionaries and 1 tip about corpora and Google NGram. In fact, nowadays, there is no question that Google is a teacher’s BFF… if and only if we know how to use it. So here are more tips for looking up vocabulary...Read More

Teacher Development, Vocabulary

Google, teacher language development, vocabulary

On Fluency and Accuracy

20 de abril de 2015

by Edmilson Chagas

Although attempts to define ‘fluency’ and ‘accuracy’ when speaking a foreign language abound in the specialized literature, there still does not seem to exist a consensus regarding a single, ultimate definition of either one of the terms. One of the reasons which could partly explain the lack of common ground among authors is the very...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Speaking and Spoken Language

Accuracy, fluency, language chunks, vocabulary

Keeping my word (of the day)

5 de janeiro de 2015

by Natália Guerreiro

It’s that resolute time of the year again. And as we are all still following through with the promises we made on New Year’s Eve, here’s a resolution from me: keep my #WordoftheDay tag on Facebook. Daily. “Surely,” a kind soul might ask, “you don’t have that many words left to learn?” I wish....Read More

Teacher Development, Vocabulary

social media, teacher development, teacher's language competence, vocabulary, vocabulary notebook

Santa Clause or Father Christmas? Gifts or presents?

3 de dezembro de 2014

by Dominic Walters

I asked a student of mine recently whether he still believed in Father Christmas. He looked at me nonplussed before asking me who Father Christmas was. I replied that he was the big, fat man who delivered children presents at Christmas time. “Presents?”, he asked. “Gifts’, I said. To which he smiled and said, “Ah,...Read More

Language Acquisition

american english, british english, spelling differences, vocabulary

‘Swamped’ with options

3 de novembro de 2014

by Dominic Walters

A couple of weeks ago, the British defence secretary Michael Fallon claimed British towns are being “swamped” by immigrants. He made the claim in response to a question posed by an interviewer on Sky News. The Conservative Party, to which Michael Fallon belongs, was none too happy and quickly forced Mr Fallon to withdraw his...Read More

Vocabulary

choosing words, synonyms, vocabulary

Teaching Vocabulary: Using Research Findings to Inform Teaching

31 de outubro de 2014

by Carol Lethaby

In this post, I’d like to report on some fascinating research I had the pleasure of seeing presented at the recent MEXTESOL conference in Puebla, Mexico. What particularly interested me was the connection to the topic of meaningful learning that I have been talking about on this blog as well as the direct application of...Read More

Language Acquisition, Vocabulary

research-based teaching, Second-language acquisition, vocabulary

Nem só de música vive o homem: dicas de podcasts em inglês

13 de setembro de 2014

by Fabiano Silveira

Olá, pessoal! Depois de uma pausa meio que forçada, estamos de volta para mais um post envolvendo, de certa forma, tecnologia. Desta vez, vou falar de podcasts. Sabem o que é um podcast? É uma espécie de programa de rádio, geralmente editado, e disponibilizado em sites, blogs e assemelhados, sobre os mais variados assuntos, que...Read More

Pronunciation, Resources, Speaking and Spoken Language, Technology, Vocabulary

ArgCast, Listening, podcast, vocabulary

The Olympic Games are coming!

8 de setembro de 2014

by Ana Beatriz Medeiros de Sousa

The 9th grade students at Colégio A. Liessin recently had a lesson to revise parts of the body. Students were familiar with most of the words as they start learning them in kindergarten through the famous song “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes”. Our challenge was to find a way to make students practise vocabulary already...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas

olympic games, presentation, sports, vocabulary

Let ‘Hangman’ Hang

3 de setembro de 2014

by Dominic Walters

To start off with, let me just say that I have never ever liked ‘Hangman’. You know, the game where you have guess the word(s) by calling out letters of the alphabet before the man is hung up on a scaffold. It is not because the act of hanging runs contrary to my political sensibilities...Read More

Games

classroom games, hangman, vocabulary

Hit or Miss

23 de junho de 2014

by cecilialemos

I enjoy playing games in the classroom. And I know my students do too, especially the young learners and teenagers (even though teachers of adult students know that many times adults really enjoy playing games too.) I’ve recently bought a game called “Hit or Miss” to use with my students. The obvious main aim of...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Games, Vocabulary

classroom activity, engagement, game, vocabulary

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