Effective classroom management is an essential skill for Young Learner (YL) teachers. This post provides some of my top tips for developing positive classroom management strategies that you can incorporate into your routine.
Every teacher knows that without…
Tamara Jones, co-author of Q: Skills for Success Second Edition, joins us on the blog today to review her TESOL talk about flipping the classroom using content aligned videos. I think we can all agree that while teaching is rewarding and most of us love what we do, it can…
Ed Sheeran, a 26-year old British singer-songwriter, guitarist and record producer, is a huge success around the world. He is currently on his Divide tour and played recently in Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte. I went to his show last…
The Teaching field of second and foreign languages has gone through contrasting phases over the past 40 years, as like everything else in the world. After in-depth investigation, research has shown that the communicative approach is the best way to get learners interacting…
Languages: Dear English teacher colleague,
How would your life be as a teacher if you knew the exact answer(s) to this question? The truth is, we teach English taking into account a variety of supposedly well-informed methodologies. Sometimes we follow them because we have…
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…
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.
Prezado professor,
Qual é sua reação imediata como professor de idiomas, quando encontra um material atraente, com ilustrações que facilitam a compreensão do texto? Acredito que sua primeira impressão seja positiva…
Recursos visuais e o desenho não só…
Muito embora naquela época não se usasse tal expressão, a “melhor idade” do século XIV era os trinta e poucos. A do século XX, os quarenta. No final dos anos 90 e início dos anos 2000, a melhor idade deu um salto para os 50 anos altos e agora, a melhor…
