Fernando Meibak –
Em minha atividade de orientação para pessoas e famílias acerca de temas diversos de planejamento financeiro frequentemente percebo pessoas que estão usando diversas fontes de crédito. Observo as piores formas, os limites de Cheques Especiais e o…
José Roberto A. Igreja –
Chicken out (colloquial) to be afraid to do something (ter medo de fazer alguma coisa,“amarelar”)
Jim had planned to ask Cathy to go to the dance with him, but he chickened out at the last minute.
Jim tinha planejado convidar…
Tatiana Ribeiro –
Hoje em dia a didática de línguas tende a privilegiar a comunicação, mas (e isso é muito interessante) sem jamais deixar de valorizar alguns aspectos e elementos presentes em abordagens passadas. Isso significa, por exemplo, reconhecer que não…
Quando em 1982, o lexicógrafo José Augusto Fernandes lançou o seu “Dicionário de Rimas da Língua Portuguesa”, o poeta Carlos Drummond de Andrade saudou a obra como sendo “a salvação da lavoura poética”. A expressão “salvação da lavoura” era largamente…
Leandra Dias –
If you are currently teaching children or have had some previous experience with them, even if it was for a short period of time, you will probably agree that aggressive behavior in class or outside of it is a serious issue. I myself have…
Jane Godwin Coury –
Reading is essential for students to build up their vocabulary, recognise how the language works and learn about culture. Short stories can be an excellent source to get busy students reading and, therefore, exposed to English.
Below is a short…
Ricardo Madureira –
Teachers usually overemphasize the need to exercise caution when it comes to identifying false cognates (or false friends). No one needs false friends, we all know, so we do our best to keep them away. Beginning students will all too easily rely…
Marcela Cintra –
The eventful story about the cinema and ELT may be looked at from various perspectives and become a romance, a comedy, even a horror film. In this post, the genre chosen is the one people call dramatic comedy – learners can have fun if films are…