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…
Jane Godwin Coury –
Introduction
Teaching advanced students on a one-to-one basis can be a privilege both for the student and the teacher. The student has the teacher´s full time attention and has the opportunity to ask any niggling questions. The teacher can…
Gladys Garcia –
Critical thinking is one of the so-called 21st century skills, it means, it is one of the skills required from professionals in the 21st century. However, it is not only that; it is a life skill. First of all, we must consider what critical thinking is.
Ricardo Madureira –
Some years ago, when I used to attend English Teaching conferences on a more regular basis, I remember hearing from my colleagues in the ELT field something in the lines of “I don’t teach grammar”, and they would say that in a supercilious…
Rafael Carpanez –
LAMSIG – Bruna Caltabiano, Christina Riego, Marcelo Dalpino, Rafael Reis, Sergio Monteiro
Leadership and Management SIG aims at: Raising awareness and contributing to the development of good management practices within ELT;
Providing opportunities…
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…
Daniela A. Meyer –
You may have already noticed that nowadays several ELT materials are corpus-informed. Do you know what that means, and what exactly the difference is? First of all, what is a corpus? As Michael McCarthy points out, “a corpus is a collection of…
Jane Godwin Coury –
Here are two activities about interesting topics that you can use with B2 level students to improve their vocabulary. The first one is about the famous Glastonbury Festival which takes place in the UK every year. The second activity is a word…
Paulo Torrres –
Paulo Torres worked on this activity at the municipal school he works for and is now sharing it. It was used with his third graders (4º ano) – Fundamental I. NB Although this activity was used at a municipal school, it can easily be adapted…
