O U T !!!
Além de “fora/externo”, OUT pode transmitir desde superioridade até motivação, localização, uma ação ordenada ou situações negativas de extinção, erro ou exclusão, entre outros. Separando por significado ou essência…
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…
Para professores de idiomas trabalharem com alunos de todas as idades.
M) Meses do Ano (praticando o vocabulário relacionado a meses do ano)
Material: tiras de papel com os meses do ano
Sugestão: você pode digitar no computador os meses do ano e imprimir 05 páginas…
From rags to riches
from poverty to wealth (da pobreza para a riqueza)
“It’s amazing how Ted’s life changed all of a sudden”, said Nancy. “From rags to riches!”
“É impressionante como a vida de Ted mudou de repente”, disse Nancy. “Passou de pobre a…
This month, I have written a short story about a Brazilian man who spends Christmas in the UK with his British friend. There are many cultural references that Brazilian learners of English may find interesting. You can use this story in class and it comes with pre and…
TOILETS
LOO (UK)
BANHEIRO, TOALETE
I need to go to the loo.
Eu preciso ir ao banheiro.
Na gíria britânica, papel higiênico é loo paper ou loo roll.
No século XVI, bem antes da instalação de banheiros nas casa inglesas, usavase penicos. De manhã cedo as pessoas…
Teaching family members used to be a touchy subject to me. When I started planning a lesson from any textbook, I would always think about my students and ask myself lots of questions: Do they have all/most of these family members?, Do they live with their parents?
When I first became a language teacher, in the 1980s, not much thought was put into the theory that underlies what it is to be or become a teacher. I was very intuitive, my students seemed to enjoy my classes, they were very participative and, most important of all, they…
In a recent talk to a student, as we discussed the general topic of diversity, we agreed that to really embrace the fact that people have different needs and opportunities, we would need to reach a point when we do not talk about diversity. The more we discuss it, the more…
