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…
Curiosidades do inglês
Jogando CARTAS A forma apropriada de dizer “dar as cartas num jogo de baralho”, é deal the cards (e não “give the cards”). Veja o exemplo abaixo:
You’re cheating, and I won’t let you deal the cards again!
Você está…
This month we’re going to look at some verbal collocations with mouth and eye(s), but we’ll be focusing only on those that pose a slight translation problem.
The first one is Watch your mouth! This is usually said to someone who uses bad language, but is obviously not…
Here are 2 activities you can use in your classes for B1 level students. AIM: To practise the second conditional and encourage creativity.
INSTRUCTIONS: Choose 3 different types of music, for example jazz, classical music and rock. Play a part of each piece of music…
Heads up! pay attention!; watch out! (presta atenção!; cuidado!; “fica esperto!”) “Heads up! There’s a truck coming through,” Howard warned Jake.
“Cuidado! Tem um caminhão atravessando”, Howard alertou o Jake. “Heads up! The boss is coming…
Red tape Red tape = too much paperwork that slows down business; bureaucracy (papelada; burocracia)
There is always a lot of red tape to take care of before releasing your goods from the port.
Há sempre muita papelada para cuidar antes de liberar os produtos do porto.
The…
When you point a finger at someone… there are three fingers pointing at you! - Stella Tagnin
26/11/2015
This time we’re going to look at some verbal collocations (verb + noun) with body parts. We’re starting with hands and fingers.
You probably know quite a few of them, but there’s always something new. I hope the accompanying images will make their meanings clear. She…
