As the course leader of “Ganhando o Mundo Professor,” I had the opportunity to facilitate a transformative professional development journey for 75 public school teachers from Paraná, Brazil. Hosted in the welcoming and incredibly exciting city of Toronto, where…
I have to be very honest with you, dear reader: I didn’t use to be too keen on fashion. Many things related to it even seemed alien to me. But, during the 2010s I became a fan of Drag Race, where fashion plays a pivotal point in the competition; I started getting…
Communicative tasks are the ones that we design to promote meaningful, authentic use of English. That means we are not simply looking for accuracy here. These tasks focus on language proficiency and allow learners to exchange information and negotiate meaning, always using…
“Allô!” Neste artigo mostraremos a vocês a importância de conhecer o francês québécois e a facilidade de conseguir isto. Você já fala francês e quer emigrar para o Québec? Muito bom. No entanto, no Québec se fala outro tipo de francês. Mas é muito…
Uma das coisas que eu mais amo no mundo é música. E honestamente, não há nada melhor do que experienciar sua banda favorita tocando ao vivo. É uma sensação fora desse mundo. Após quase três anos de pandemia que nos impediu dessa experiência, finalmente estamos…
Assessments and language learning Assessments hold a powerful grip on education. Many parents as well as school administrators will equate effective teaching and learning to approval rates in tests. Questions such as “O que vai cair na prova?” are equated to…
PASSARELA (DESFILES DE MODA) RUNWAY; CATWALK The distinguished audience watched carefully as the models paraded on the runway/catwalk.A plateia distinta observava cuidadosamente as modelos desfilarem na passarela. PASSARELA (PARA PEDESTRES) FOOTBRIDGE We were…
Troika: What has made you choose education as a professional path? Alberto Costa: I come from a family of traders. My parents have always been interested in commerce and it seemed to run in the whole family. This means I’m the only educator to date in my family as…
Getting a master’s and a Ph.D. degree is hard work.There is a lot of pressure involved, you have to write and publish articles, participate in and conduct research projects, present the results of your research at national and international conferences, come up with a…
