Putting your principles into practice: Lexical teaching in the age of eclecticism
24/07/2017
Eclectic or just confused?
As teachers, we’re often told that we’re now living in a post-method world and that we should all aspire to be principled eclectics, picking and choosing activities and techniques as we go about teaching the language. On one level, an awareness…
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…
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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…
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…
Recently, I attended the 15th BrazTesol conference in Brasilia. It was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about our profession and exchange teaching experiences with people from all over Brazil and other countries.
I gave a workshop entitled “Oops! I dropped the lemon…
