Nowadays, technology is present in our lives in many different ways. We no longer envision our lives without it (or do we?). You have probably heard of the expressions digital natives and digital immigrants. Being our students digital natives, it is of paramount importance…
Many teachers lack time and money to take courses and constantly learn something new. This has a direct impact on how much we actually develop professionally and how much our practice evolves throughout our career. The premise that we need to be in constant move in education…
The challenges of teaching and learning idiomatic expressions (idioms) - Ricardo Madureira
24/06/2016
Idiomatic expressions pose an exciting challenge to students because their individual words take on a new meaning when the expression is considered as a whole and what is more, some expressions are completely opaque (that is, obscure in meaning), even when the students know…
Louise Potter –
One of the important steps I pointed out in the previous blog referring to lesson planning was to include different learning skills in your class plan. What are learning strategies?
They are conscious steps or behaviors used by language learners…
Daniel Shiro – First of all, let me apologise for the rather grim title. I could not find softer words and, to be honest, I don’t even think I should. We all know and agree that teachers have the power to help learners achieve their goals and their…
Tatiana Ribeiro – Um dos temas mais discutidos quando se fala do processo de aprendizagem/ensinamento de uma língua estrangeira é o tipo de abordagem que se deve adotar com um determinado grupo em sala de aula. Já chegamos à conclusão, nós que nos…
Louise Potter – The truth of this simple sentence always strikes me when I think about our profession:
” We are not teachers, we become teachers”.
Teaching is like a never ending story. We never get to the bottom of it. There is always something new…
Daniel Shiro –
Reflecting on your own teaching, your beliefs and your skills is never easy. It is however the alternative to spending years and years teaching the same way, with the same examples and the same results – which are sometimes far from the results you…
