‘Happiness should be the end goal of education’ – Aristotle Accordingly to Seligman et al.’s 2009 paper, positive education is a response to the gap between what people want for their children and what schools teach. That is, most parents want their children…
The (in)famous acronym PARSNIP has been a staple in ELT for many years. For those who don’t know, PARSNIP refers to taboo issues that shouldn’t be addressed in the classroom, namely: politics, alcohol, religion, sex, narcotics, –isms, and… pork. This has been a…
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…
Disal Indica - Digital Minimalism – Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
10/11/2023
Do you find yourself endlessly scrolling through social media or the news while your anxiety rises? Are you feeling frazzled after a long day of endless video calls? In this timely book, professor Cal Newport shows us how to pair back digital distractions and live a more…
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…
