About two years ago I started learning Russian from scratch. If you want to know what it is like to be in your students´ shoes when learning a language, I highly recommend going through the process of picking up a completely new language. It can be an enlightening…
Teaching English to children at a public school in Vitória/ES
Class 5 (50 minutes)
Target Vocabulary
Parts of the face (hair, eyes, nose, ears, mouth), colors (six colors were taught in the first grade. These six colors were recycled in the second grade. Four more colors…
January 5th, 2015 was my son’s 3rd birthday and the day I started the most important course in my career, it was the day I started my CELTA course.
I must confess that I had mixed feelings. While feeling excited about the course, I kept asking myself “Was I ready for…
Students who have not reached a good level of English before the high-intermediate stage are subject to making developmental mistakes, of which the following is an example:
‘Do you can help me?’
Students love relying on generalization, because this gives them a sense of…
Docentes da rede pública e professores associados ao Braz-Tesol e ABCI ganham o benefício ao se matricularem no curso A Faculdade Cultura Inglesa abre inscrições para o curso de pós-graduação lato sensu Estratégias e Metodologias do Ensino edo Uso do Inglês…
Since the 80s, there has been great focus on the importance of interaction as a key element for SLA. Rather than having students simply memorising sentences through drilling or by placing grammar as a central aspect of acquisition, interaction has been paramount for SLA.
A internet tem sido a ferramenta responsável por trazer à superfície tudo que acontece de novo no mundo contemporâneo. As notícias pipocam instantaneamente e só fica alheio quem realmente opta por ficar desse jeito ou quem não brinca na rede. Por isso temos a…
In October we celebrate teachers’ day in Brazil. It is usually when we all declare the passion and pride for our professional choice. We also hope more and more people will join us and make it one of the greatest career options ever. I share this dream with my fellow ELT…
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…
