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Dealing With Parents’ High Levels of Expectations

16 de fevereiro de 2019

The other day I was talking to an acquaintance who has a kid that goes to a language school to study English. As this acquaintance knows I am an English teacher, she started opening up to me about her feelings towards her child’s studies and she stated that she “did not feel like her daughter...Read More

Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, challenges, critical thinking, education, Language acquisition, learning, reflection, Second-language acquisition

The Power of Generosity

15 de janeiro de 2019

by Lenora Haranaka

I’d like to start this post with Maya Angelou’s beautiful statement: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” As a subscriber to MET (Modern English Teacher), I received the October 2018 issue at home this month. Their...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development, Trends in ELT

Brazilian learners, Classroom experiences, motivation, professional development, teacher development

Three things I learnt from writing books for the public sector

2 de outubro de 2018

by elainehodgson

Back in 2011 I was invited to write the general introduction to a series of books for PNLD (Programa Nacional do Livro Didático), a Brazilian government programme that, as most of you may know, distributes books for public schools. It was a detailed introduction, which had to thoroughly explain the concept behind the book and...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Inclusive Teaching, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, challenges, Classroom experiences, critical thinking, EFL, elt, engagement, learning, materials, reflection

Of work and idioms

6 de março de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

A couple of years ago, Damian Williams wrote a post explaining why he doesn’t like teaching idiomatic expressions. I wrote a response to that, as I strongly disagreed with him. However, a recent conversation with another teacher made me rethink that a bit. Here’s the situation: I have two private students, both of whom work...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Vocabulary

Brazilian learners, communication, EFL, elt, language, vocabulary

English made in Brazil

6 de fevereiro de 2017

by Ricardo Barros

Two things have happened recently that served as inspiration for this post. One of them is the (erroneous) belief that one can only learn a language if his/her teacher is a native speaker. Who would figure this is still a debate in 2017. The other is the #accentpride that aims at fighting the prejudice that only...Read More

Career, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, career, CELTA, challenges, elt mantras, Second-language acquisition, te

Para ser fluente é preciso pensar no idioma?

22 de novembro de 2016

by Marcelo de Cristo

Pensar é algo natural para todos nós. Segundo a Wikipedia, é uma faculdade do nosso sistema mental através da qual modelamos o mundo para nele podermos transitar e agir segundo a nossa vontade. Pensar vem de fábrica, ou seja, é grátis. Por esse motivo, não se aprende a pensar. Se é assim, por quê então...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Reflections about Education

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, esl, fluency, Language acquisition, Second-language acquisition, Young learners

Suffixes: pronunciation for teachers

6 de novembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

It seems to me that my posts here have, unintentionally, turned into a pronunciation series. I’ve been keeping my eyes /aɪz/ and ears /ɪərz/ open to things to write about. Last week, I worked with the pronunciation of different suffixes in different places. Because of that, I thought this would be an appropriate topic and I’ve...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, elt, professional development, pronunciation, pronunciation errors, teacher development

Final /i/ and /m/: pronunciation for teachers

6 de outubro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

After receiving some positive feedback on my previous post about pronunciation, I started thinking about other pronunciation areas that I thought were problematic. These are mistakes your students will certainly make, but that you may be making yourself too. The two sounds I have chosen have a couple of similarities to the /s/ and /z/...Read More

Pronunciation, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, intelligibility, language development for teachers, professional development, pronunciation

/s/ and /z/: pronunciation for teachers

6 de setembro de 2016

by Ricardo Barros

For a very long time, I thought my pronunciation was very good. Teachers and colleagues had told me so, and because of that I rarely ever gave it much attention. I was more worried about learning vocabulary or grammar. Naturally, my pronunciation was (and still is) far from perfect, but it took me time to...Read More

Pronunciation, Resources, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, intelligibility, professional development, pronunciation, teacher development

Sobre “yellow and red” e a dificuldade de prestarmos atenção ao que falamos

22 de agosto de 2016

by Marcelo de Cristo

Durante a cerimônia de encerramento dos Jogos Olímpicos do Rio de Janeiro, transmitida ao vivo para o mundo inteiro, o Brasil deu mais uma prova de que o nosso povo é capaz de realizar grandes feitos. O espetáculo estava uma lindeza só e tudo transcorria maravilhosamente bem: apresentações impecáveis dos nossos melhores artistas, espetáculos de...Read More

Language Acquisition, Language testing & assessment, Reflections about Education, Speaking and Spoken Language, Teacher Development

Brazilian learners, EFL, elt, error correction, feedback, fluency, inglês, Language acquisition, teacher development

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