The Basics of Professional Development
(deep breath) Ah! After a chaotic, busy and hard-working year, I finally had the chance to take some days off and I couldn’t be happier. We spend so much money and energy to build up our careers and develop ourselves as professionals…
If you live in São Paulo state, the question “CPF na nota?” may be familiar to you whenever you pay for goods in a shop. If you buy something in a shop in the UK, probably the first question you will be asked is ‘”Would you like to purchase a bag?” or…
A primeira coisa que precisamos fazer é distinguir segmentos de nichos. O segmento é uma vasta área de atuação enquanto que nicho é um grupo de mercado homogêneo com necessidades não atendidas ou parcialmente atendidas pelo mercado.
Alguém pode querer dar aula de…
Nos últimos dias, 18 e 19 de Janeiro, a Disal esteve presente no Fórum Pedagógico 2018 da Oxford University Press em parceria com a Achieve Languages.
O evento ocorreu em São Paulo, no Novotel e contou com palestras de Anita Galvão Bueno, Daphne Walder, Higor…
Interjections by Jack Scholes OOPS!
“OPA!”
Oops! I’m sorry.
Opa! Desculpe.
A exclamação Oops! exprime surpresa ou arrependimento depois de um pequeno erro ou acidente. GAWD!
“DEUS!”
Oh, my gawd! I don’t believe it!
Ah, meu Deus! Eu não acredito!
Gawd é a…
New Year Quizzes Are these statements true or false?
1) The day celebrated as New Year’s Day was not always January 1st . In ancient times it was celebrated on the first day of summer. (__)
2) Other traditions of the season don’t include the making of New Year’s…
This month, I have prepared some Christmas activities you can do with your students to build up their vocabulary. There is an interactive crossword and three different ways to do “secret friend”. The level and instructions are given for each activity. Have fun and Merry…
One of the things I learned during my CELTA course was how to teach Reading lessons. Basically, you design the lesson, follow the steps, and if all goes according to plan, “bada bing bada boom”, your student develops their reading skills. However, I have noticed that…
Project based learning (PBL) can be very confusing and strenuous if we try to apply it without fully understanding the concept, steps and objectives. However, the outcome is truly amazing and the learning objectives go way beyond any course book can give us. What actually…
