“I have to stop thinking in my native language”. This is one of the most commonly heard sentences by every language teacher (mainly in Brazil) and also something that needs to be adjusted so that the same language teachers don’t fall into this trap. Thought has no…
PARTY ANIMAL PESSOA QUE ADORA FESTAS; FESTEIRO
She’s a real party animal. Ela é o tipo de pessoa que adora festas.
PARTY POOPER DESMANCHA-PRAZERES
Don’t invite Ken. He’s a party pooper. Não convide Ken. É um desmancha-prazeres.
A palavra poop significa cocô e é…
Science of Learning (SoL), Mind, Brain, & Education (MBE), Educational Psychology, and Neuroeducation are some of the common names given to the new field dedicated to understanding how we learn. At the heart of this new field we can find different branches of Psychology…
Introduction
Every teacher knows that learner engagement is paramount to any learning experience. Without engaged students, all one can hope for is a well structured lecture to a sea of inattentive ears and utterly passive students. In this article, we will explore what I…
Nos tempos atuais, com o acirramento da globalização, presencia-se uma alteração substantiva no panorama social, cultural e linguístico mundial. É notória a expansão do ensino de algumas línguas, compreendidas como bens culturais de muito valor no mercado…
Your brain – every brain – is a work in progress. It is a plastic. From the day we are born to the day we die, it continuously revises and remodels, improving or slowly declining as a function of how we use it.Michael Merzenich
The objective of this article is to…
The art of teaching is the art of assisting Discovery.(Mark Van Doren)
Techniques you might use to motivate and energize a classroom.Personal experience shows that a motivated and passion Teacher is always the key for a successful class.We must get the students’…
As gírias e os termos coloquiais usados pelos americanos
É COMUM OUVIR ALUNOS DE INGLÊS dizerem que passam anos a fio se dedicando ao aprendizado do idioma e que após muita prática e estudo e já se sentindo capacitados à comunicação, sentem-se muitas vezes…
The authors suggest a very practical way to use this wonderful resource for teachers at the end of the table of contents. It includes watching the excellent videos which are accessible via an access code on the back of the front cover. However, since I wanted to be sure not…
