WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF CHÁ PEDAGÓGICO? Chá Pedagógico was a project we developed in 2019 and the basis for it was CPFL’s Café Filosófico, where two highly qualified invitees sit down and discuss important issues about daily life and education. With Chá…
In 2013, I had the great good fortune to be appointed as a Visiting Professor of English at the University of Sao Paulo. Among my responsibilities was to teach a survey course on Scottish Literature to a mixed group of undergraduates. Actually, that is not strictly true. It…
Jack Scholes: You’ve been teaching EFL worldwide since 1978. With all your international experience, what would you say are the “ties that bind” quality teaching practice across the globe and in a variety of scenarios? Paul Seligson: Strong rapport, empathy…
It’s great for high-levels! Ever since I first read Michael Lewis’s book ‘The Lexical Approach’, I’ve been interested in how to apply its insights into my own teaching and materials writing. However, while giving presentations and running training sessions on…
As
you may know, Lollapalooza music festival took place in São Paulo
from 5-7 April. The event witnessed an impressive line-up of
national and international bands who played for 300,000 fans at
Interlagos. This month, I have prepared some activities for
different levels…
Uma das
maiores dificuldades encontradas por estudantes de português como
língua estrangeira é aprender os fonemas e a entoação do
português. Isso se torna ainda mais proeminente quando os mesmos não
existem na língua nativa do aluno. Para os meus alunos dos…
There is a great chance you already asked your students to draw or maybe designed a lesson which students were required to show off their artistic skills regardless their age. The value of such activity when teaching infants is commonly known, they love drawing and it is a…
Many
people have probably been horrified by photos on social media of
turtles with plastic straws up their nostrils or wildlife covered in
oil or tangled up in plastic. But what attitudes are we taking
individually and collectively as a society to help save wildlife and
the…
Life is challenging. Being a teacher and living a
life is sometimes even more! We all know that, so it should not come
as a surprise when we have obstacles we must overcome or decisions
that are hard to take. Being a teacher is a never-ending story – we
never stop learning…
