After my last post on reading comprehension tips, I have decided to write about tips to teach speaking. The tips have three different sources, which are between parentheses. The ones which were written by me are based on my teaching experience. Following are twelve tips meant to help students get the most out of …
Nós, professores, muitas vezes, temos uma certa dificuldade para vender nossas aulas, já que estamos muito compenetrados em assuntos como metodologia de ensino e materiais. Focamos na qualidade, mas não sabemos como fazer o marketing de nosso produto. Como nem sempre percebemos que nossos futuros alunos não são especialistas em nossa área, tentamos vender o …
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For the past few years, and particularly in the past 12 months, many amazing teachers have appeared in my life and more often than not this has led to new inspiration and opportunities. Something amazing really does happen when teachers support and empower each other. I’m sure you’ve all seen that quote that goes “You …
I have recently been involved in discussions about excellence in teaching and have wondered what it means to be excellent as a teacher. From what I have observed in discussions as well as in my context, the definitions and criteria that state what an effective teacher does depends on the circumstances they work, institutional or …
In 2014, I started writing a textbook with National Geographic Learning that was part of a series for teens. For six months, before any writing took place, our team of authors and editors conducted lengthy discussions on the content and methodologies that would go into the books. This gave me an opportunity to reflect …
O jornalista Luís André do Prado e o professor de moda João Braga, ambos escritores, assumiram a trabalhosa missão de contar a história da moda no Brasil em uma pesquisa inédita, considerada a mais completa já realizada no país sobre o assunto. Eles lançam pela Disal Editora o livro “História da Moda no Brasil- das …
Accounts by an artist who has become an English teacher Thinking about a way to introduce myself in a learning and teaching context, I start recalling my first English class in a well-known English school in São Paulo and good memories come to my mind. I remember my teacher looking at me and …