Jennifer Jenkins is, perhaps, one of the most cited linguists in the world when it comes to studying or applying English as Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF) concepts. In a globalized world, a lingua franca is a very necessary means of communication for successful interactions…
That wonderful activity that used to be so popular among your groups doesn’t work anymore? One of the reasons is that a lot has changed in recent years, and we need to rethink the principles we use to plan our lessons for young learners, keeping in mind that the lessons…
The role and importance of phraseology is acknowledged in various linguistic persuasions as well as by different areas of application such as first language acquisition (Diessel, 2013; Tomasello, 2003), second language acquisition (Ellis, 1993; Ellis & Ferreira-Junior…
Antes de mais nada, precisamos esclarecer duas coisas importantes: quando falamos em atividades dinâmicas, não queremos dizer brincadeiras infantilizadas, ou passatempos sem direcionamento, mas sim atividades que trarão dinamismo e leveza ao ensino do idioma alvo. Para…
A educação é um processo que envolve dois elementos básicos: ensinar e aprender. Por muito tempo, o “ensinar” prevaleceu sobre o “aprender”, uma vez que o foco maior da educação era no ensino como forma de transmissão de conhecimento, de perpetuar todo o…
As a student of English, young Bruno was not one bit fond of writing. When I graduated from my English course in Brasília, I was invited to speak at the graduation ceremony and I wrote, rehearsed, and gave a speech in which I mentioned how much I disliked writing…
Lexis is a technical term that refers to the vocabulary of a language. When teaching a language, we should focus on helping our students improve their range of vocabulary in order to communicate more effectively. McCarten starts her book (2007) by asking how many words there…
A while ago, I saw a Facebook post that caught my attention. The writer said something in the lines of, “If one wants to have an opinion on Education, one must have taught sixth graders for at least twenty years”. I think this statement is very symptomatic of the way…
The idea that we need to teach our learners and not our lesson plan may seem quite obvious. After all, students are our target audience and part of what makes communication effective is related to actually taking our target audience into account while speaking or writing…
