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…
One of the most difficult things I have been facing over the years is how hard it is to eager adult students to learn (and to stay at the Institution), especially, after the pre-intermediate level, when “the business start to get more serious”. At this level, they start…
Ah! O cliente. Aquele pelo qual as empresas vivem e também tem o poder de enterrá-las vivas. Aquele que todo colaborador tenta agradar ao máximo possível. Aquele que está sempre certo, já diz o ditado “o cliente tem sempre razão”. Aquele que vive pedindo desconto…
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.