We’re looking for presenters!Be part of our new YouTube channel for learners!Are you a qualified teacher? Do you love sharing your knowledge? Are you good at presenting? If the answer to all of these questions is ‘yes’, then read on to find out how you could become one of the presenters of our new YouTube …
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 the faces of our beloved kids. When we …
Acredito que a grande maioria dos professores de inglês já ouviu os alunos, independente da faixa etária, reclamarem que o tal present perfect é difícil e que não temos esse tempo verbal em português e, por isso, é muito mais complicado de se entender e fazer com que os alunos entendam. Talvez esteja na hora …
In a recent post about motivating teenagers, Joanna Budden, who teaches English in Spain, suggested three attitudes of a motivational teacher: authenticity; acceptance and empathy. Her findings were based on Carl Rogers’ work, who stated that that for a person to “grow”, they need an environment that provides them with genuineness (openness and self-disclosure), acceptance …
Nina Loback is Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) Elections this year have caused controversy and the heated debate is not only protagonized by politicians on the news but everybody I know has something to say about it, whether in person or on …
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), a term coined by a group of scholars led by Dr. David. Marsh in 1994 in Europe, inaugurated a new era for language learning and teaching worldwide. Although most of the concepts the term embraces are nothing new, the fact that they were rearranged and institutionalized to be a …
SLEAZEBAG PESSOA DESONESTA, IMORAL, INESCRUPULOSA; SAFADO, SACANAHe’s a real sleazebag.Ele é muito safado.Sleazebag vem da palavra sleazy, que significa sujo, desonesto, imoral.Também se diz sleazeball ou sleaze. A PAIN IN THE ASS/BUTT (US) UM PÉ NO SACOShe’s a pain in the ass!Ela é um pé no saco!A pain in the ass, ao pé da letra …
Escrever é poder visualizar pensamentos e sentimentos, eternizar planos ou intenções… Pode ser uma experiência maravilhosa para aqueles que se arriscam e frustrante para aqueles que não tentam… Como o e-mail pode nos ajudar a estimular alunos relutantes a escrever e aprimorar esta habilidade tão importante? Neste post compartilharei minha experiência, baseada neste assunto, com …