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Gabriela Fróes

Some lessons could not have been planned

14 de maio de 2018

I plan all the lessons I teach, but I don’t teach all the lessons I plan. The initial idea for this one was not mine; I found it online. I was looking for different ways to review past modals of speculation for an FCE prep group. Having a group filled with teenagers, ages ranging from...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Sin categoría

teaching-career, teaching-english

How can we empower our female students?

13 de março de 2018

by Gabriela Fróes

We have recently celebrated Women’s Day. As I walked to and from work this last week, I kept thinking about the female students that I have. Their names sometimes carry a lot of meaning: the victorious Vitoria. The brave Valentina. Lucia, full of light. This reminded me of Esperanza, a strong female character from a...Read More

Reflections about Education

critical thinking, empowerment, equality in ELT, feminism, reflection

Building automaticity: a short story

13 de janeiro de 2018

by Gabriela Fróes

Last January 3rd, my husband and I were driving back home from the beautiful state of Minas Gerais. Days before, during our stay in the effervescent Belo Horizonte, the capital city, we had met a very interesting twenty-something Japanese young man in the hostel. His name is Goro and he’d been living in Brazil for...Read More

Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language

automaticity, speaking skills, spoken language

The 5 things I wish someone had told me about the CELTA before I took it

13 de dezembro de 2017

by Gabriela Fróes

If you are an English teacher, you have certainly heard about the CELTA. CELTA stands for Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and it is one of the most accepted and respected TEFL courses in the world. Teachers love to talk about it because… well, it is pretty awesome indeed. It’s a 120-hour training...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

CELTA, certificate-in-teaching-english-to-speakers-of-other-languages, teaching

Speaking: how much of “controlled practice” is actually “contrived practice”?

13 de novembro de 2017

by Gabriela Fróes

[This is a reflection; I am not here to give you answers nor do I have any. I would like to pick your brain about something that has been bothering me for long.] The first time I went to Argentina was in 2010. Getting there, my former boyfriend, having learned a little of the language...Read More

Speaking and Spoken Language

Controlled practice, speaking, Spoken grammar

Can we find a voice by exposing our fears?

25 de outubro de 2017

by Gabriela Fróes

Confession: for most of my adult, academic life I have always feared being discovered as a fraud. I even used to phrase it as this: I am afraid that one day people will find out that I am not as good as they think. I remember saying this many times, to close friends, to advisors,...Read More

Reflections about Education

fear, find_a_voice, learn, showing_yourself