É muito engraçado, quando prestamos atenção nos alunos dentro uma sala de aula, sempre tem aqueles que ficam mais quietos. Quietos, atentos à aula e, às vezes, viajando na maionese, pensando em sabe-se lá o que. Então a grande questão é: por que meus alunos não…
Le vocabulaire d’une langue étrangère est essentiel pour maintenir des conversations sur des sujets divers.
Pourtant, les étudiants ont, parfois, des difficultés en ce qui concerne la mémorisation des mots.
À mon avis, il est plus efficace de mémoriser les…
Para professores de idiomas trabalharem com alunos de todas as idades.
D) Dias da semana (praticando os dias da semana) Material: 35 cartões com os dias da semana por escrito.
Sugestão: você pode digitar em seu computador os dias da semana e imprimir 5 páginas com as…
Amidst current global political changes taking place, I would like to share with you a story and activity that can be used with learners of English. My hope is that it will help people to have a clearer picture of multicultural Britain. The short story is about an…
Brain to mouth: Are you receiving me?
How to improve fluency through individual and group practice One of the main objectives of most language students is to be able to converse with confidence and fluency in a variety of situations, in short, to speak the language…
The challenges of teaching and learning idiomatic expressions (idioms) - Ricardo Madureira
24/06/2016
Idiomatic expressions pose an exciting challenge to students because their individual words take on a new meaning when the expression is considered as a whole and what is more, some expressions are completely opaque (that is, obscure in meaning), even when the students know…
How often do you actually stop what you are doing in order to analyze your objectives as a teacher? Have you recently asked yourself why you are teaching? What and how you are teaching? In addition, most importantly, who you are teaching? Teacher development starts…
Have you ever stopped for a few minutes to think about the importance of homework? Why is it so hated by both students who have to spend some of their free time to do it and teachers who have to correct it? Have you noticed that some parents are so eager to see if their…
“You must be shapeless, formless, like water. When you pour water in a cup, it becomes the cup. When you pour water in a bottle, it becomes the bottle. When you pour water in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Water can drip and it can crash. Become like water my…
