Nostalgia. As one gets older, it is easier to have this feeling since life experiences are such that books could be written about each moment. The first kiss, first love, a surprise birthday party, moments with parents and loved ones, travels, every person tends to be…
Nina Loback is Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) The average typing speed is 41 words per minute, according to the database of an online game called 10 Fast Fingers. So, are you fast…
Resumo: Como podemos desenvolver o uso de palavras no ensino de idiomas? Será que podemos envolver nossos alunos para que ampliem o vocabulário? Neste post irei compartilhar algumas ideias que surgiram em aulas de inglês que tenho ministrado. Lecionando pessoas de…
Reading takes us to faraway places even though we may have never been there. It stimulates creativity and conjures up vivid images in our mind that television and film often present to us on a plate. Reading also helps us to develop cognitive skills, which our brain uses to…
Imagino a confusão de alguns alunos de inglês ao lerem “the boy just left his jacket on the chairdrobe and complained to his friend about the fact that he has been hiberdating for five months”. Esse excerto poderia soar como uma mera nonversation, mas é completamente…
Na última sexta-feira, 28 de julho, ocorreu em São Paulo mais uma edição do Cambridge Day 2018. O evento contou com palestras de Michael Tomlinson, Mark Ibbotson, Jeff Stranks e Alberto Costa.
Com mais de 600 participantes o evento arrecadou alimentos não perecíveis…
I have just returned from the 16th Braz-TESOL International Conference in Caxias do Sul, and I caught myself thinking: Do we really need associations? Nowadays, you can find most of what you need online and for free, schools and teachers offer great content on YouTube, blogs…
Resumo: É importante observar e encorajar atitudes em sala de aula? Como fazer com que alunos desenvolvam seus potenciais através da atitude e comprometimento e como o professor pode auxiliá-lo? Este post pretende abordar este tópico relevante ao ensino de idiomas: a…
As teachers, sometimes it might be useful to stop and think exactly what kind of guidance, tools and general help our students need to get to that next level in their English studies. Perhaps a particular student has a gap in his/her learning, such as not knowing or being…
