I have always believed that my role as a Mathematics teacher is to promote the use of challenging hands-on materials and activities that engage students’ critical thinking, develop their skills, and capacitate strong problem-solvers. With over 20 years of experience as…
Troika: Hi, Antonieta. Thank you for agreeing to give us this interview. It is an honor to have you with us. Let’s start with your professional journey. What brought you to where you are now, perhaps the most prominent specialist in bilingual education in Brazil. Did you…
What does it mean to investigate something? According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, synonyms to “investigate” include: examine, explore, inquire into and research. At the same time, the Cambridge Dictionary says that “investigate” means “to examine a…
The other day I was observing a friend of mine teach a lesson on routines. The classic lesson where we teach students the lexical group of routine activities such as wake up, take a shower, go to school, etc., together with adverbs of frequency, always, usually, often…
O corpo docente do Christus Idiomas muito tem se orgulhado dos resultados obtidos nas certificações internacionais de Michigan ECCE e ECPE. Tais conquistas, temos ciência, são resultado de nossos 38 anos de atuação no ensino da língua inglesa, bem como da…
Isabela Villas Boas: Hi, Luke. It is a pleasure to have you as our interviewee. First of all, could you tell us about your professional background? How did you get into English Language Teaching? What drove you to our profession? Luke Meddings: Hi, Isabela. It’s my…
In Brazil, our very own Paulo Freire decried the imperative to center learning on students’ realities and needs. Currently, many higher education institutions use some form of inquiry-based learning in science courses and even business courses. It seems like Project-Based…
Have you ever thought about becoming a materials writer? I had never considered this possibility until 2019. Up until then, I’d worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, and coordinator in different contexts. However, when I started a new job as an academic consultant that…
We have been telling each other stories for thousands of years. It is one of the most fundamental traditions of humankind and an essential aspect of how we communicate. We make sense of the world around us through the deep connection we have with stories. Stories teach…