As the Director of Studies of a language school and teacher training center, one of my duties is to lead a group of teachers, trainers and professionals from other fields, and, on top of that, promote teamwork, career development, and of course, profit, because it is, at the end of the day, a business. I …
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 …
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 …
Infelizmente, vivemos num país em que as mulheres sofrem muito com o comportamento inadequado de muitos homens e, até mesmo, de outras mulheres. Como professores, faz parte de nossa responsabilidade abordar esse assunto com maturidade em sala de aula. Na posição de professores de línguas, somos responsáveis por levar aos alunos materiais atuais em língua …
Design Thinking in education is taking off worldwide as an effective way to come up with solutions in schools, institutions and communities. It is an opportunity for teachers and leaders to foster active problem solving within the environments they work in involving students and members of the community. Let’s take a practical example to illustrate …
Nina Loback is Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) As Google has been around for more than 20 years now, we might forget how useful and rich a tool it can be in the language classroom. We can overlook it the same …
Nina Loback is Richmond Brazil’s Academic Coordinator for Language Schools. (You can read her complete biodata at the end of this post.) The average typing speed is 41 words per minute, according to the database of an online game called 10 Fast Fingers. So, are you fast or slow? Better than Jim Carrey? 10fastfingers was …
Reading takes us to faraway places even though we may have never been there. It stimulates creativity and conjures up vivid images in our mind that television and film often present to us on a plate. Reading also helps us to develop cognitive skills, which our brain uses to think, remember and reason. Getting lost …