A counterargument to ‘Who owns a Language? – Understanding legitimacy in ELF’ Writing and researching a field such as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) can be challenging as it is one that is highly scrutinized by teachers and students alike. Talking about ELF…
DUBLÊSTUNTMAN/STUNT DOUBLE A stuntman takes the place of a movie actor in a scene involving danger or requiring acrobatic skill.Um dublê toma o lugar de um ator em cenas que envolvem perigo ou requerem habilidade acrobática. All of the fight scenes of the movie were…
Troika: How did you get involved in teaching? What made you stay in this area? Alex Warren: Like many English language teachers, I somewhat fell into the profession by chance. The seeds were sown around 20 years ago when I was trekking in the Indonesian jungle of Sumatra…
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…
