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Assessment for young learners – Final View!

7 de dezembro de 2017

Well, I have been discussing assessment for sometime now, discussing from Young Learners characteristics, general assessment types to specific ones that cater for young learners. Now, it’s important to understand how all the information presented can be put together within the framework of children’s course. In my reality, young learners’ lessons are very dynamic and...Read More

Classroom Experiences

assessment-types, Young learners

Assessment types for young learners

7 de novembro de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

Following the topic of previous months – assessing young learners – I will here discuss a bit some types we can use with this age groups. Effective language assessment provides chances for children to use their abilities to demonstrate what they can do at their appropriate level. It requires acknowledgement of the principles we have...Read More

Reflections about Education, Skills

language assessment, tradutor, Young learners

Characteristics of Young Learners according to the area of development and the implication in teaching them

7 de agosto de 2017

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I have been working on teaching young learners a lot in these past months, mostly due to a new project we are implementing in our school, so I really thought about sharing some of the views I have been studying which definitely impact the teaching of these students. Cognitive development According to McKay (2006:6-14) children...Read More

Reflections about Education

cognitive development, McKay, memories strategies, Piaget, Vygotsky, Young learners

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

5 bons livros disponíveis gratuitamente para você se desenvolver durante o recesso

22 de dezembro de 2015

by Marcelo de Cristo

Então, mais um ano se passou. Se você for como eu, vai olhar para as resoluções do ano anterior (aquelas que você escreveu ainda em 2014) e ver que não conseguiu cumprir boa parte delas. A tão sonhada forma física, o curso de desenho artístico e a viagem à Fernando de Noronha em 2015, por...Read More

Teacher Development

career, classroom activity, Classroom experiences, communication, creativity, digital media, educational technology, EFL, elt, inglês, language, language development for teachers, motivation, professional development, storytelling, teacher development, teacher training, technology, Young learners

Stepping in!

7 de novembro de 2015

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I had to substitute for a teacher who was going to attend a two-day course and this whole event triggered my thoughts. Well, how odd is it for a teacher to teach new very young learners’ groups in the end of the year? There are many issues to consider. From the perspective of the substitute...Read More

Classroom Experiences, Teacher Development

substitute teachers, Young learners

To post or not to post?

1 de setembro de 2014

by Michele Schwertner

I’ve decided to address a very controversial issue in my blog post. Well, it seems it is not controversial at all for most of the people, but it is something that has puzzled me for a while. This is not going to be a very long post as I do not have any answers to...Read More

Reflections about Education, Technology

Blog, controversy, digital media, Facebook, Instagram, online privacy, Parents, Pinterest, Posts, privacy, social media, technology, Twitter, Young learners

Support and Challenge in Young Learners’ Group

7 de julho de 2014

by Beatriz Meneguetti

I have been reading a lot in order to prepare some kids courses for the second semester and I have come across a very interesting discussion, again, in young learners’ field on how support and challenge in their lessons. Learners in general, but I believe children more specifically, need a lot of support when learning,...Read More

Reflections about Education

balance, challenge, children, emotional, linguistic, support, Young learners

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

First vs Second Language Acquisition

12 de fevereiro de 2014

by Stephen Greene

This is my first blog for RichmondShare and I must say I am honoured, and a little bit in awe, to be sharing a platform with such great writers and professionals. After reading some of the other posts already on this site the pressure is on to write something new, entertaining, interesting and relevant. If...Read More

Language Acquisition

First language, Language acquisition, Second-language acquisition, Young learners