At the very beginning of Delta Module 2, candidates are asked to state some of their core beliefs with relation to language learning and teaching. As one of them, I also had to state mine, and with the benefit of hindsight, I must confess that a few of my beliefs were rather…
Adrian Leis is a full-time tenured Associate Professor at Miyagi University of Education in Sendai, Japan. Originally from Australia, he has now been teaching English in Japan for close to 20 years. He obtained his Ph.D from Tohoku University and his main fields of research…
Me lembro de quando era mais novo e os professores de inglês onde estudava constantemente diziam que pessoas que ficam pausando suas falas com “é”, “hum”, “ãm”, etc, tinham a fluência atrapalhada. Algumas décadas se passaram, hoje…
5 Ways That InnovateELT lives up to its name!
I’ve just arrived back home after attending a conference held at Oxford TEFL in Barcelona. Travelling from Brazil to Spain may seem like a long way to go for a small one and a half day event but InnovateELT is far from your…
In this post, I would like to discuss the teaching profession from a broader perspective, looking at the group of professionals collectively and using the metaphor of a constellation to analyse team work and cooperation.
A while ago, when discussing teacher development with…
In our last post we had a recipe that called for
1 chili pepper, seeded, minced
Usually, mince means to chop finely with a sharp knife, which makes sense in the above line. However, quite often it is synonymous with grind. So, both minced meat and ground meat can…
When it comes to strategies to encourage students to learn English better and faster, an important element that is usually left behind is that students don´t learn English just during the class time, but there are many other factors that influence the way, and how nicely…
The Teaching field of second and foreign languages has gone through contrasting phases over the past 40 years, as like everything else in the world. After in-depth investigation, research has shown that the communicative approach is the best way to get learners interacting…
This month, I have written another short story with activities for English teachers to use with their advanced students. This illustration was drawn by a very talented young Brazilian artist called Gabriela de Campos Gonçalves. I hope both teachers and students find the…
