Nina Loback is Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) Even though by now it is common knowledge to most web users that our online behaviour becomes data which is collected through online services and then used in advertising, the way it is …
Nina Loback is the Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) Considering the kind of images from other parts of the world we are bombarded with, we end up seeing stereotypical photos of extreme poverty or wealth mixed with a few natural …
The effective use of class time is a big issue in contexts where the exposure to the target language in and outside the classroom is restricted by low contact hours, big groups, limited resources, poor internet access and little opportunity to use the target language outside the school. Teachers very frequently struggle to keep students …
On my first day teaching English to a class of young learners I walked into a classroom full of 6-year-olds. As the young teacher I was then I had no idea of how different one 6-year-old could be from another. I mean, from the outside they all looked the same; small people with smiles on …
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 half-baked. After four …
A primeira reunião de professores do ano é sempre recheada de novas metas, apresentação de novas estratégias da escola/franquia e introdução a possíveis novos colegas pedagógicos, administrativos e/ou comerciais. É aquele momento que começa bem descontraído, com os professores compartilhando o que fizeram nas férias, e que pode acabar com um clima mais tenso, …
Teaching English to children at a public school in Vitória/ES If you have read my June post, you may recall that it was about how I designed the syllabus and created the modules I work on with my 6-to-10-year-old students at a public school in Vitória/ES. This month, you are going to have the chance …
É muito engraçado, quando prestamos atenção nos alunos dentro uma sala de aula, sempre tem aqueles que ficam mais quietos. Quietos, atentos à aula e, às vezes, viajando na maionese, pensando em sabe-se lá o que. Então a grande questão é: por que meus alunos não querem falar? Por que eles não falam? Bem, caso …