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…
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.
Em entrevista, Adriana Weigel, autora de livro da Cengage Learning, fala sobre as melhores práticas e os principais obstáculos para ensinar o idioma nas instituições de ensino brasileiras. Por muito tempo, o ensino de inglês foi desprestigiado na sala de aula.
Daniel Shiro –
How many times have you been through the following steps? You give instructions to set up an activity
You monitor learners from a distance
You stop the learners and the activity
You ask learners for their answers.
You provide correction.
You move on…
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…
Mistakes teachers make when teaching reading, grammar, vocabulary and writing - Ricardo Madureira
24/03/2016
Ricardo Madureira –
Many teachers of English have not undergone adequate preparation to face the real classroom. They take part in one-week crash training courses and are expected to go to the real world and ‘apply’ what they have been instructed to do, as if the…
