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 –…
A few weeks ago, I caught myself writing a hateful blog post. I was upset, confused and blue, and I must confess that leaving ELT was, for the first time ever, number one on my list.
Thank Heavens for my family, friends, colleagues, reiki and a good dose of Bach flower…
On my first day teaching English to a class of young learners I walked into a classroom full of 6-year-olds. As the young teacher I was then I had no idea of how different one 6-year-old could be from another. I mean, from the outside they all looked the same; small people…
Não faz parte do meu gênero musical favorito, mas existe uma letra de pagode dos anos 90 que diz “brincadeira de criança/como é bom” e mal sabia que décadas depois, esse trecho iria fazer tanto sentido. Principalmente no que diz respeito às aulas de língua…
The process of acquiring an additional language is similar, if not exactly the same, as the process of acquiring our first language. So why we do not take that into account when teaching an additional language? We must rethink our beliefs and change our mindsets for…
