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Why teachers need to explain things

18 de junho de 2016

The other day I came across a box of notes written by my students at the end of term. During a while I used to systematically ask for feedback from my students and I had a lesson ready for that for all the levels and age groups that I taught, from young learners to adults....Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

explaining, feedback, teaching, teaching skills

The Big Picture of Language Learning

18 de maio de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

“Novices become acquainted with activities not only from their own and others’ attempts to define what transpires in an activity, but also from how those participating in the activity respond to them.” Elinor Ochs, in “Becoming a Speaker of A Culture.” (2002) I have just read Elinor Ochs’ article entitled ‘Becoming a Speaker of a Culture,’...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Inclusive Teaching, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

The Best Ever…

12 de maio de 2016

by Stephen Greene

I was teaching a class last week in which we revised superlatives. I hadn’t intended to do this, but it came up in conversation and I had to think of some way to practise ‘The best/worst ever…’ We ended up telling each other stories about what had happened to us in our careers and...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences

excuses, Funny stories, reasons

“Close Encounters of the Third Kind”* – Part I

20 de março de 2016

by Edmilson Chagas

Or “When Pre-Teens First Meet the Dreaded Older Male Teacher” Based on a true story. When I thought about writing this post, thinking back to the time when I first started teaching was unavoidable. I was quite young, in my early 20’s, when I was asked to teach some groups of...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

disruptive behavior, pre-teens, rapport, setting ground rules, teaching teenagers

They haven’t understood it yet.

6 de março de 2016

by elainehodgson

This week I came across the photo below on different friends’ timelines: Under the photo you read: ‘The perfect place for a cell phone while classes take place!’ Reactions to the photo varied. Some of these friends thought this was a good idea. Some, on the other hand, criticised it. Two of these comments...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Technology

cell phone, cell phone in class, technology

Let go the idea that teachers have to be perfect.

18 de fevereiro de 2016

by Teresa Carvalho

“If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously!” Cate Blanchett 1 It was a group of six prospective students from a well-known multinational company in São Paulo. It was back in the day when VCRs were cutting-edge technology, so we had a brand new one at our school. We’d specially bought...Read More

Career, Classroom Experiences

failure; teachers stories;

“Neném, tsc tsc, não gostei.” – A tribute to a great teacher

8 de fevereiro de 2016

by Natália Guerreiro

A few days ago, a former classmate of mine sent me the saddest Facebook message, “They are turning off Helimar’s life support.” Deep breath. Helimar was our Portuguese teacher. He taught my group at years 3, 5, and 8, if memory serves me right. Somehow he knew how to deal with us at any age, no...Read More

Classroom Experiences

special teacher, tribute

What makes our adult students stick around

8 de fevereiro de 2016

by Isabela Villas Boas

Those of us who teach adults in groups know all too well anxious adult learners are and how easily they can give up and seek other language learning experiences. When the reasons for giving up are not personal, they are sometimes attributed to the methodology adopted or the heterogeneity of the group. A recent personal...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Teacher Development

teaching adults

I Want An Alien For Christmas! An Alien English Speaker!

24 de novembro de 2015

by Adriano Zanetti

I have recently embarked on a little adventure of leaving my language-centre-teaching comfort zone and teaching regular schools in the State Public School System. Little did I know how much ground one still needs to cover when facing such challenge. Especially, when you hear the utterances that give this text its very title. I have...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

5 fenômenos que afetam sua fluência

22 de novembro de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

Todo estudante de língua estrangeira sonha com o tempo em que estará falando “fluentemente” o idioma escolhido. Dentre os principais mitos citados no artigo 7 conceitos de fluência e o que você deveria saber a respeito dela, um dos mais frequentes é o de que ser fluente significa falar sem pausas. E não é pra...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

alongamentos, análise da fala, aquisição de fluência, falar fluentemente, false-starts, falsos começos, fillers, fluência, fluency, fluency-oriented, pausas, repetição

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