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I’ve Found My Pot of Gold

12 de março de 2020

March is here! It’s time to start thinking about how to bring St. Patrick’s Day into our schools and classes. Needless to mention how important this date is when we talk about cultural aspects of the English language. After all, many English-speaking countries celebrate it. Therefore, many schools and teachers in Brazil – and in...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Resources

classroom activity, Classroom experiences, creativity, learning, reflection, teaching

Why Are We Beating Around The Bush?

17 de fevereiro de 2020

by Henrique Zamboni

The musical hit series Glee aired between 2009 and 2015. I remember watching it and thinking to myself: “What a wonderful and necessary series!”. Like most of Ryan Murphy’s work, there’s a lot of representation in it. And the fact that it focuses on teenagers making through high school makes it even more special as...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education

challenges, Classroom experiences, education, reflection, teaching

You’ve Got a(n ELT) Friend

16 de janeiro de 2020

by Henrique Zamboni

In 2019 we had the opportunity to work together on different projects. Such projects involved writing for the Richmond blog, going live on different social media websites and delivering an online course for teachers. We’d like to start by commenting on the online course experience. Needless to say how this course enriched us. While organizing...Read More

Career, ELT Management, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Trends in ELT

career, challenges, CPD, elt, engagement, motivation, professional development, reflection, teacher development

Do You Shy Away From Shy Students?

16 de outubro de 2019

by Henrique Zamboni

It goes without saying that teachers of teenagers often worry about how fun and dynamic classes must be so as to keep students engaged and motivated. So pervasive is this concern among professionals who teach youngsters that we sometimes tend to disregard the importance of taking into account the quieter and shyer students in our...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Classroom Management, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education

challenges, Classroom experiences, reflection, teaching, teaching teenagers, teenagers

SWOT analysis to improve personal feedback

4 de outubro de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

Have you ever heard of the SWOT analysis? It comes from the Administration and Management of a business. This technique is credited to Albert Humphrey, who led this research project at Stanford University in the 60s, using data from many top companies. His goals failed at the time, but the SWOT analysis had yet a...Read More

Career

career, challenges, critical thinking, EFL, feedback, professional development, reflection, teacher development

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

Why do school projects succeed or fail?

9 de setembro de 2019

by Beatriz Solino de Francisco

If you work in a language Institution or in a (high) school as a teacher, a coordinator or if you are a school principal or owner, you are aware that cultural events are a substantial part of the breakdown. Any school events or activities that entail cultural and social fronts are providing the students an...Read More

ELT Management

career, challenges, EFL, elt, reflection

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

One year ago…

20 de maio de 2019

by Rodrigo Fagundes Correia

Exactly one year ago, I had my first go at presenting in conferences. Back then, I was just someone trying to show the results of a small-scale research I had carried out on a topic that happened to be of major importance in my teaching career, inclusive education. However excited, I had never felt completely...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

ELT community, reflection

Using coaching-based questions to foster engagement in the classroom

8 de maio de 2019

by Marcela Harrisberger

In a coaching process, nothing is more effective and powerful than a coaching dialogue, profitable conversations prompted by the coach that can truly impact the coachee’s results. These compelling chats are usually guided by questions based on a coaching model such as GROW (Goal, Reality, Options and Will), for example: Goal: What is your goal?...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education

adult students, coaching, coaching-dialogues, coaching-in-elt, grow-coaching-model, reflection

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