Jack Scholes: You’ve been teaching EFL worldwide since 1978. With all your international experience, what would you say are the “ties that bind” quality teaching practice across the globe and in a variety of scenarios? Paul Seligson: Strong rapport, empathy…
It’s great for high-levels! Ever since I first read Michael Lewis’s book ‘The Lexical Approach’, I’ve been interested in how to apply its insights into my own teaching and materials writing. However, while giving presentations and running training sessions on…
As
you may know, Lollapalooza music festival took place in São Paulo
from 5-7 April. The event witnessed an impressive line-up of
national and international bands who played for 300,000 fans at
Interlagos. This month, I have prepared some activities for
different levels…
Uma das
maiores dificuldades encontradas por estudantes de português como
língua estrangeira é aprender os fonemas e a entoação do
português. Isso se torna ainda mais proeminente quando os mesmos não
existem na língua nativa do aluno. Para os meus alunos dos…
There is a great chance you already asked your students to draw or maybe designed a lesson which students were required to show off their artistic skills regardless their age. The value of such activity when teaching infants is commonly known, they love drawing and it is a…
Many
people have probably been horrified by photos on social media of
turtles with plastic straws up their nostrils or wildlife covered in
oil or tangled up in plastic. But what attitudes are we taking
individually and collectively as a society to help save wildlife and
the…
Life is challenging. Being a teacher and living a
life is sometimes even more! We all know that, so it should not come
as a surprise when we have obstacles we must overcome or decisions
that are hard to take. Being a teacher is a never-ending story – we
never stop learning…
Por mais que a gente possa tentar disfarçar, não tem como escapar da verdade dolorida que nosso país tem uma posição pífia no quesito performance em língua inglesa. Há anos não passamos das colocações baixíssimas. Mas os motivos para isso estão bem em nossa…
October
comes and brings with it not only initial flowers bloom in Brazil….
but it also brings children’s day. For us, teachers of kids and
young learners or even affectionate parents, it’s such a happy and
hopeful day! We love to celebrate it with smiles coming from…
