TO MAKE TRACKS
IR EMBORA
It’s getting late. We’d better make tracksfor the tube station.
Está ficando tarde. É melhor irmos embora para a estação de metrô.
TO LICK SOMEBODY’S BOOTS
BAJULAR; PUXAR O SACO
I refuse to go licking his boots.
Eu me recuso a ficar…
É claro que aprender a pronúncia correta de palavras comuns é essencial para se comunicar de forma efetiva. Na verdade, muitos erros de pronúncia são causados pela ênfase errada, a parte da palavra falada com um pouco mais força e duração. Existem diversos truques…
In this first post of a three part series, I’d like to talk about something which in my experience brings language to life … and that is culture. It’s a big one isn’t it? I think we all agree that it would be near impossible to teach a language (any…
Paulo Torres –
My April post was about using songs in class. In order to exemplify some of the tips given, I decided to prepare a song activity. This activity was prepared for an A2 group and we were working on weather words. Below you will find the instructions and…
Ricardo Madureira –
Absolute beginners, unlike the so-called false beginners, are learners who have no previous knowledge whatsoever of the target language they are about to start studying. Teachers will often wrongly assume that some language structures are easier…
Dra. Marta Pérez Rodríguez –
En una reciente actividad, que le propuse a un grupo de alumnos de español de nivel B1, me atreví a desafiarlos con un ejercicio algo complejo, puesto que al fin y al cabo definir a un pueblo tan variopinto como el español… ¡No es…
Vanessa Prata – Após uns meses sem conseguir contribuir para o blog da Disal (tenho a desculpa de estar na fase de qualificação do mestrado rs…), estou de volta! E escolhi como tema comentar o livro Inglês para Professor, de Higor Cavalcante, pois tem um…
Stella E. O. Tagnin –
Here’s the second leg of my leg post. Sorry for taking so long…
Let’s look at leg preceded by an adjective. From the list below we are only going to deal with those adjectives that might be problematic – but even so they aren’t too…
Louise Potter –
One of the important steps I pointed out in the previous blog referring to lesson planning was to include different learning skills in your class plan. What are learning strategies?
They are conscious steps or behaviors used by language learners…
