As I was reading the book Making Connections written by John Corbett, Hugo Dart and Bruno Lima, I was thinking why on earth wasn’t this book written 5 years ago, when my team and I were trying (in vain) to partner up with students overseas to have a linguistic and…
Read and learn with Disney friends! Featuring beloved Disney characters and stories that engage young learners on their journey to building English literacy. Delve into exciting Disney adventures and learn English together with your favorite Disney characters! The 36…
We Brazilians are no strangers to Carnival. In fact, most of us look forward to it the whole year. But even though Brazilian Carnival is really famous worldwide, this festivity is a global phenomenon, and is celebrated in over 50 countries all over the world. Since its…
Disal Indica - Dicionário Multilíngue de Regência Verbal - Verbos preposicionados
11/03/2024
Se às vezes temos dúvidas quanto à preposição mais adequada a ser utilizada com determinado verbo em língua materna — será que é implicar ou implicar em? —, o que dizer da relação entre a língua materna e outras línguas na tradução de verbos que demandam…
Tenho certeza de que não estou sozinha ao dizer que, para mim, a gíria é um dos elementos mais interessantes de qualquer idioma, seja ele o seu idioma nativo ou um que você está aprendendo. Por exemplo, ao visitar a família na Irlanda, adoro tentar entender o…
‘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…
Com 145 anos de história, o Colégio Visconde de Porto Seguro é uma conceituada instituição de ensino do Brasil que nunca parou no tempo e tornou-se reconhecida por preparar alunos para uma vivência plena e relevante em sociedade. O Porto oferece uma jornada de…
A counterargument to ‘Who owns a Language? – Understanding legitimacy in ELF’ Writing and researching a field such as English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) can be challenging as it is one that is highly scrutinized by teachers and students alike. Talking about ELF…
