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Do you understand?

2 de julho de 2014

In my experience as an English teacher, I have observed other teachers’ lessons and been observed countless times. It is probably safe to say that the majority of teachers are much more concerned about what to do than about how to do it. However, the ‘hows’ can be as important as the ‘whats’ and ‘whys’,...Read More

Classroom Management, Lesson Ideas, Skills, Teacher Development

Classroom experiences, teaching

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: G is for Gaps

30 de junho de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#4: G is for Gaps No, not those kind of gaps; not a cloze, not a key word transformation, nor a gapped text, and certainly not an information gap. A gapped teacher – with a thinking gap. A gap in thinking which results in a disconnected application of teaching. A gap in thinking which leads...Read More

Teacher Development

One flew east, one flew west, and NNESTs flew everywhere.

17 de junho de 2014

by Teresa Carvalho

The challenge of being a non-native English speaker in a native English speaking world I recently came across EFL teacher James Taylor’s blog post about NNESTs’ struggle to be respected as English teachers by students and employers. In his guest blog post, James lists a number of advantages of being a NNEST over a...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazil, career, James Taylor, language proficiency, native speakers, NEST, NNEST, non-native speakers

Revisiting ELT Mantras #5: Grade the task, not the text

14 de junho de 2014

by Damian Willians

10 years ago I was teaching in in a school in central London. At that time the internet as a teaching resource was just beginning to take off, and while I and many of my peers were starting to get to grips with how to get the most out of it, there was always the...Read More

Resources, Teacher Development

authentic texts, graded texts

Teacher Development & Teachers’ Associations

1 de junho de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I always say that one of the things I like the most about teaching is that I’m always learning. And I’m quite sure I’m not the only one… We teachers learn a lot not only from our students and from fellow teachers but also from what we read, from conferences we attend, and so on....Read More

Career, Teacher Development

career, conferences, courses for teachers, language development for teachers, professional development, teacher development, teacher training, teachers' associations

The importance of reading for language development – part 1

19 de maio de 2014

by Higor Cavalcante

The way I see it, reading vastly and variedly is the most important language-learning exercise there is. Extensive reading — which Thornbury (2006, p 191) defines as being the more leisurely reading of longer texts, primarily for pleasure, or in order to accumulate vocabulary, or simply to develop sound habits of reading — helps develop...Read More

Language Acquisition, Teacher Development, Vocabulary

language development for teachers, reading

Teaching children is not a “anyone-can-do” sort of job

17 de maio de 2014

by Vivian Magalhães

Trying to respond to a high demand for English instruction, English schools pop up everywhere, without a proper control from the government in relation to the educational background of the teachers who will work in such schools. Called “cursos livres” by the Ministry of Education, they are not part of the regular school system, which...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Continued Education, Teacher education, Young learners

At the end of the day, it’s all about the people…

15 de maio de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I was supposed to have published this post on May the 01st. As I knew I was going to be in João Pessoa for the 14th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference, I really wanted my post to be about teacher development – mainly about attending conferences. I had even read some articles and blog posts on it...Read More

Career, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

career, conferences, professional development, teacher development

Revisiting ELT Mantras #4: Exceptions to the rule

14 de maio de 2014

by Damian Willians

Solo by Thomas Leth-Olsen CC BY-SA 2.0 Complete the following sentences: 1 Some is for positive sentences, and any is for negatives and questions. Except … 2 Present tenses refer to the present, and past tenses refer to the past. Except … How many exceptions to to the above ‘rules’ could you think of in,...Read More

Grammar, Teacher Development

elt mantras, exceptions, grammar, grammar mcnuggets, rules

Becoming a Teacher: Expectations Vs Reality: Where does PD take place?

11 de maio de 2014

by Roseli Serra

Being a teacher for almost 30 years I have a clear idea of how demanding, time consuming and rewarding this profession is and how tough it can get sometimes. If you’ve been teaching for 2, 3 years, you probably have this idea already. Yes, I gave up my Psychologist career to become a teacher. Being...Read More

Teacher Development

career, professional development, teaching

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