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Reflections about Education

Hi! I’m Cecilia, and I am a Bilingual Teacher of English

24 de maio de 2016

Last month I was very fortunate to be able to attend the 50th IATEFL International Conference in Birmingham, the UK. As most it usually happens when it comes to conferences, it was possible to “catch” a few issues / topics that stood out in the conference – because of plenaries, sessions or just the talk...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

NNESTs

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

Giving (and Receiving) Feedback

6 de maio de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about giving and receiving feedback. One of the reasons for that was a conversation with my friend Priscila Mateini on receiving negative feedback and dealing with failure. In addition, because of the nature of my job as a Celta tutor, I’m constantly giving feedback to teachers. Some of what...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

feedback, teacher development

Intuition and professionalism

30 de abril de 2016

by Marcela Cintra

Earlier this month I attended the 50th IATEFL conference in Birmingham and among many of the discussions and sessions there was a moment when Jim Scrivener suggested teachers used more of their intuition. He was defending a moment for simplifying teacher training and, although I agree with certain points (e.g. training is a starting point, perhaps...Read More

Reflections about Education

Walking An Extra Mile – Why Should I Want to Do It Alone?

25 de abril de 2016

by Adriano Zanetti

Having embarked on the teaching of English in the public sector, little did I know how many hours would take my students to walk an extra mile! You must be thinking that a mile is a mile. Indeed, yet not many students have the knack for measuring it properly. Forgive me my fellow mathematicians but...Read More

Reflections about Education

The native versus non-native teacher dichotomy – Challenging Mental Models

16 de abril de 2016

by Isabela Villas Boas

I saw a post recently on Facebook advertising a position for a native speaking teacher in a Brazilian language program. The post appeared on the page of a closed group for English teachers in Brazil. The reaction to the post was immediate. People wanted to know why the program was only hiring native speakers and...Read More

Reflections about Education

Native speaker fallacy, NNEST

Gamification – A way into engaging students more

7 de abril de 2016

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Let’s start by defining gamification, which according to Oxford Dictionary is the application of typical elements of game playing to other areas of activity. In our case, it’s the is the concept of applying game mechanics and game design techniques to engage and motivate students to achieve their goals. Games have existed for a very...Read More

Games, Reflections about Education

Engaging students, Games, Gamification

Is there enough room for critical thinking in the EFL classroom?

2 de abril de 2016

by elainehodgson

Just like in March, I’ll begin by reproducing a photo that was in newspapers and social media last month and that proved extremely controversial, raising heated discussions on the Internet. Well, I believe you have probably seen it and possibly read lots of arguments, both defending and criticising all sorts of aspects in the photo....Read More

Reflections about Education

Classroom experiences, critical thinking, EFL, engagement, motivation, social media

“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

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