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Meaningful learning in action: Using learners’ knowledge of L1

1 de setembro de 2014
by Carol Lethaby
Hello! In my previous post we looked at the concept of ‘meaningful learning’, the idea of taking what learners already know and using it to help them to learn more.  In this post, I want to start looking at how to do this in the classroom. Using learners’ knowledge of L1. This clearly cuts into...Read More
Language Acquisition, Teacher Development
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What is ‘meaningful learning’?

31 de julho de 2014
by Carol Lethaby
Hello again! Many years ago I took a class in educational psychology and came across this quote from the cognitive psychologist, David Ausubel: “If I had to reduce all of cognitive psychology to one principle it would be this:  the most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows.  Ascertain this and...Read More
Language Acquisition, Lesson Ideas, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Re•sil•ience

23 de julho de 2014
by cecilialemos
/riˈzilyəns/ noun: resilience; plural noun: resiliences 1. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. 2. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.   Some of you may be wondering why I am talking about resilience in a blog post for English teachers, but for some reason I think...Read More
Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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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
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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
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The perks and perils of being a private teacher

1 de abril de 2014
by Michele Schwertner
After having taught at several different schools for a long long time, I’ve been teaching private classes for a while now. I’ve decided to do so so that I could have more flexibility and more time to study and work on different projects. Needless to say, teaching private classes has its own features. Sometimes I...Read More
Career, Teacher Development
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An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT (P is for …)

30 de março de 2014
by Dennis Warren
Well, first, apologies to Scott Thornbury for ‘borrowing’ and distorting his title. This is the closest I’ll ever get to his altitude, so forgive my mutant magpie-Icarus act. I present to you the first of the series An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT – the art of getting things wrong, again and again. Each month, I’ll take a...Read More
Career, Teacher Development
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Teacher Talking Time – not so simple!

10 de janeiro de 2014
by Luis Otávio Barros
When we teach language for and through communication, it’s our job to ensure that there is as much student – student interaction as realistically possible. This means that teacher talking time (TTT) should be kept to an absolute minimum, right? Well, right and wrong. There’s more to TTT than meets the eye. Students’ interlanguage will...Read More
Teacher Development
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