As the year ends, we may enjoy planning the new year and write down a to-do list for professional development. The general idea is that we keep moving and keep learning. That way we may reach higher as teachers and inspire not only our learners, but our colleagues to develop…
One of the most difficult things I have been facing over the years is how hard it is to eager adult students to learn (and to stay at the Institution), especially, after the pre-intermediate level, when “the business start to get more serious”. At this level, they start…
Para professores de idiomas trabalharem com alunos de todas as idades. M) Meses do Ano (praticando o vocabulário relacionado a meses do ano) Material: tiras de papel com os meses do ano
Sugestão: você pode digitar no computador os meses do ano e imprimir 05 páginas…
Teaching family members used to be a touchy subject to me. When I started planning a lesson from any textbook, I would always think about my students and ask myself lots of questions: Do they have all/most of these family members?, Do they live with their parents?
In a recent talk to a student, as we discussed the general topic of diversity, we agreed that to really embrace the fact that people have different needs and opportunities, we would need to reach a point when we do not talk about diversity. The more we discuss it, the more…
Infelizmente, nosso país tem uma veneração cega pelas notas que os alunos tiram nas provas. As provas acabam sendo a única métrica responsável por informar se o aluno aprendeu ou não uma determinada matérias escolar. Só que no caso de ensino de línguas, temos um…
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…
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…
Você está fazendo Letras, habilitação em inglês, mas gostaria de aperfeiçoar seu CV com qualificações internacionais, porém não está em condições de frequentar um curso de especialização em uma universidade no exterior. Saiba que você pode obter…
