“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my…
Realizar um sonho When Rick got off the plane in Italy, he could hardly believe he was fulfilling his long-time dream of visiting Rome.
Quando Rick desceu do avião na Itália, ele mal pôde acreditar que estava realizando seu velho sonho de visitar Roma. A…
Prezado/a colega,
Tenho notado nestes últimos doze anos de experiência como professora de inglês como é importante criar, adaptar e refletir quando planejamos e ministramos aulas. Métodos podem variar, mas é o professor que vai aplicá-los e decidir se suas aulas…
Si vous étudiez le français depuis longtemps et ne comprenez pas bien les séries, les reportages et les films français vous aurez, sans doute, besoin de quelques astuces.
Quand on étudie une langue on doit avoir une certaine connaissance de la phonétique, de la…
In order to stimulate critical thinking among our students we need to foster creativity, participation and allow them to ask questions about topics that are of their interest. Questioning and inquiry should be part of their routine, as well as problem solving and…
Nowadays teaching English by skype is becoming more common as it more convenient for many people to have an English lesson in their office, house or even hotel where they are staying on business. In this article, I would like to offer some simple, but effective techniques…
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…
