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HOW TO RESPOND TO A CALL FOR PAPERS OR PRESENTERS EFFECTIVELY

5 de junho de 2018

Vinicius Diamantino organized a much needed online panel* about how to deliver killer presentations at ELT and educational events. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to participate as planned, but what follows is what I had prepared: how to write effective abstracts and summaries that will get you accepted as a speaker in the first place. Do,...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

abstract, abstracts, call for papers, call for presentations, conference, CPD, events, presentation skills, presenting, proposals, summaries, summary, teacher development, writing, writing proposals

Sister Act: Mudança de Hábito

5 de maio de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

I have a confession to make. But first, some background: as a gander around most teacher rooms or ELT conference audiences will quickly show us, language teaching is eminently a female profession. The British Council reports that 81% of English language teachers in the Brazilian public school system are women, and the Brazilian Ministry of Education...Read More

Career

equality, equity, gender equality, gender equity, women in ELT

Volunteering and developing at the same time

5 de abril de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

BRAZ-TESOL, Brazil’s largest association of English language teaching professionals, needed a video that explained what it stands for, so I made one. My qualifications for making the video? None. Learning as I went, I ended up with something that has made me very proud. Of course making a video when you’re not a professional is...Read More

Teacher Development

BRAZ-TESOL, BrELT, CPD, development, elt, PD, professional development, teacher association, volunteering

Tips on the 16th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference in Caxias do Sul

5 de março de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

This is a post for all of you who are planning to attend the 16th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference (16th BTIC) in Caxias do Sul, RS, in July, but don’t know where to start. In case you haven’t heard of the event, BRAZ-TESOL is the largest ELT association in Brazil and its international conference brings together...Read More

Teacher Development

16btic, BRAZ-TESOL, bt, BTIC, continuing professional development, CPD, illbethere, PD, professional development, teacher association, universidade caxias do sul

How misheard lyrics can help your learners listen better

5 de fevereiro de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

Do you have students that complain they can’t understand the listening tracks until you let them read the transcripts? The solution could be in Richard Cauldwell’s work, which has been brought to my attention by my dearest Higor Cavalcante. The author of Phonology for Listening and of the forthcoming A Syllabus for Listening, Cauldwell did an...Read More

Pronunciation, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language

bottom-up, higor cavalcante, language development, Listening, phonetics, phonology, pronunciation, richard cauldwell, top-down

Whose meaning is it anyway?*

5 de janeiro de 2018

by Natália Guerreiro

“What’s the meaning of…” seems to be a perfectly innocent question. But language is never innocent, is it? I give you exhibit A, the word white-shoe: According to The American Heritage, “white-shoe adj. Of or being a long-established business known for reputable service and a wealthy clientele: “took a job at… [a] pronouncedly white-shoe investment-banking firm” (Connie Bruck)”...Read More

Reflections about Education

dictionaries, dictionary, ideologies, ideology, PARSNIPs, vocabulary, words

What I would say to the novice teacher I once was

5 de dezembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

End of year, spring cleaning, and I ended up finding many old pictures and documents which were a trip down memory lane. I wondered what I would say to that young Natalia, who was about to start her career as an English teacher, or to anyone who is starting in the career for that matter....Read More

Career

career, career management, career plan, CPD, tips for novice teachers

Oops! A lesson on embarrassing stories

5 de novembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

If you are suffering from Novemberitis and need a comical interlude or just an idea for a lesson, here’s an integrated-skills lesson plan for B2 learners. The topic is embarrassing stories and students will read about it to get in the topic, listen to a celebrity telling her own stories and talk throughout. The main...Read More

Lesson Ideas, Speaking and Spoken Language

conversation classes, embarrassing stories, integrated skills, lesson plan, Listening, narrative theory, reading, speaking, storytelling, telling stories

See you (present) in Caxias do Sul!

5 de outubro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

“Why don’t you present at the next BRAZ-TESOL event?” “Me? I have nothing to talk about.” “Of course you do. You do this, that, and the other.” “Oh, but everybody does that.” “No, not everybody does that… You’re taking your talents for granted.” “But no one will want to listen to me.” “Think again.” It...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

BRAZ-TESOL, BTIC, call for papers, call for proposals, career, conference, ELT event, event, seminar, speaker, teacher development

More than a cut above average: a chat with my hairdresser about professional development

5 de setembro de 2017

by Natália Guerreiro

I had a haircut the other day and got to talking to the hairdresser, an energertic 31-year-old professional who I’ve been going to for a few years now. [Don’t worry, I haven’t gone mad(der) and won’t be rambling on about beauty on a teacher-oriented blog. The relevance of the chat will become evident soon, I...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

CPD, professional development

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