Considerações sobre o papel do professor e do aluno na sala de aula
A sala de aula é o espaço por excelência onde o respeito é posto a prova. Ali é necessário reconhecer limites. Essa afirmação, que hoje em dia causa reações imediatas por parte de quem não…
TOILETS
LOO (UK)
BANHEIRO, TOALETE I need to go to the loo.
Eu preciso ir ao banheiro.
Na gíria britânica, papel higiênico é loo paper ou loo roll.
No século XVI, bem antes da instalação de banheiros nas casa inglesas, usavase penicos. De manhã cedo as pessoas…
When I first became a language teacher, in the 1980s, not much thought was put into the theory that underlies what it is to be or become a teacher. I was very intuitive, my students seemed to enjoy my classes, they were very participative and, most important of all, they…
A book is born (and we need to talk about language development for teachers) - Higor Cavalcante
08/11/2016
A bit over two years ago now, I pitched an idea for a book to Disal. This book, which I’d always wanted to write, was about language development for teachers – about the fact we teachers of English need to study a lot (more) about the language we teach, and the fact that…
With this article I intend to give you an overview on what dyslexia is and how it affects foreign language learning processes.
The origin of the term dyslexia suggests that it is a difficulty associated with reading. In fact, it is a difficulty with accurate and…
Um dia eu estava na minha sala de aula, faltavam poucos minutos para o início, os alunos já tinham chegado e estavam se acomodando nos seus lugares, quando vejo se aproximar uma senhora. Bateu levemente na porta, apesar desta estar aberta, e me pediu permissão para…
About two years ago I started learning Russian from scratch. If you want to know what it is like to be in your students´ shoes when learning a language, I highly recommend going through the process of picking up a completely new language. It can be an enlightening…
In October we celebrate teachers’ day in Brazil. It is usually when we all declare the passion and pride for our professional choice. We also hope more and more people will join us and make it one of the greatest career options ever. I share this dream with my fellow ELT…
The kids would not stop for one second. The girl´s group up front was chatting away deciding whether the books should be on or under their desks. One of the boys realised the teacher was going to show a video, so thought it would be helpful to turn off the lights in the…
