If beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, where does innovation lie in the context of the L2 classroom?
Within the relatively slow-changing scenario of general education, the ELT industry has been an exception, benefitting from SLA research, from classroom research, from…
Call for papers! – Three months ago I flew to Mexico City to attend my very first international conference (LABCI – Latin America British cultural Institutes) as a speaker. What I took with me was my 10-kilo luggage, a huge amount of good expectations and positive…
Inspiration and Motivaion – I once had a one-to-one student who literally started crying in class sometimes when she spoke English. She explained to me it was because she felt emotional and it took her back to her teenage years when she used to love going to her…
If you teach high school groups or if you are considering to work with teenagers at school, then you must know that this requires some particular skills from us. Teenagers are very passionate, curious, and typical. If you leave a good first impression and make them admire…
Para aqueles que já tiveram a oportunidade de ler alguns de meus artigos e de fazerem os cursos de capacitação que ofereço sabe que uma aula bem planejada sempre tem uma espinha dorsal, um roteiro para que as atividades não fiquem desconectadas, perdidas no ar. Dentro…
The effective use of class time is a big issue in contexts where the exposure to the target language in and outside the classroom is restricted by low contact hours, big groups, limited resources, poor internet access and little opportunity to use the target language outside…
Gostaria de compartilhar com vocês neste artigo algumas reflexões sobre a leitura no ensino de idiomas. É possível motivarmos alunos a ler se estivermos entusiasmados também. O ato de ler pode ser muito prazeroso… Acredite!
Como você, caro profissional de idiomas…
I am currently reading a charming book called The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George. It is about a French man called Monsieur Perdu, who runs a bookshop on a barge on the River Seine. His profession is more of a literary apothecary rather than a…
By Ana Tatsumi
“Blended Learning” has become a very familiar term not only in the ELT community, but for all fields of studies and educational contexts. In fact, more than ever, many institutions all over the world have been implementing Blended Learning models –…
