I am currently reading a charming book called The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. It is about a French man called Monsieur Perdu, who runs a bookshop on a barge on the River Seine. His profession is more of a literary apothecary rather than a…
So here it is, my new work(Fale Tudo em Inglês Avançado.). A book geared towards both the advanced student of English and teachers alike, for we teachers are eternal students as well. A book I wish I´d had some twenty years ago when I myself was striving to go beyond the…
By Ana Tatsumi
“Blended Learning” has become a very familiar term not only in the ELT community, but for all fields of studies and educational contexts. In fact, more than ever, many institutions all over the world have been implementing Blended Learning models –…
A few weeks ago, I caught myself writing a hateful blog post. I was upset, confused and blue, and I must confess that leaving ELT was, for the first time ever, number one on my list.
Thank Heavens for my family, friends, colleagues, reiki and a good dose of Bach flower…
On my first day teaching English to a class of young learners I walked into a classroom full of 6-year-olds. As the young teacher I was then I had no idea of how different one 6-year-old could be from another. I mean, from the outside they all looked the same; small people…
Não faz parte do meu gênero musical favorito, mas existe uma letra de pagode dos anos 90 que diz “brincadeira de criança/como é bom” e mal sabia que décadas depois, esse trecho iria fazer tanto sentido. Principalmente no que diz respeito às aulas de língua…
The process of acquiring an additional language is similar, if not exactly the same, as the process of acquiring our first language. So why we do not take that into account when teaching an additional language? We must rethink our beliefs and change our mindsets for…
Collaboration – Often times, we wonder or talk to people who are curious about the reasons why we should collaborate with our colleagues in various roles in the realm of education. Some teachers once asked me why they should help their colleagues improve (doing peer…
Na noite do dia 15 de agosto a Disal Editora – lançou a obra “Joalheria no Brasil – história, mercado e ofício”. na Livraria Saraiva do Shopping Pátio Higienópolis, em São Paulo. O título é uma verdadeira base de pesquisa sobre o significado das joias…
