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Learner Autonomy

Enhancing Lexical Strategies – Learning By Heart or Memory Habit Formation?

24 de maio de 2018
by Adriano Zanetti
It goes without saying that vocabulary is one aspect language acquisition that plays an important role when learning one mother’s tongue, let alone a foreign language. I have often had learners saying that they can fairly get by grammatical structures and the real factor holding them back is how to put words within this lexical...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Vocabulary
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The art of process writing assessment

4 de maio de 2018
by Beatriz Solino de Francisco
The writing process involves, at least, four different steps: analysing the task question, brainstorming, drafting, proofreading and finally handing it to the teacher so that the work can be checked. This process is also known as a ”recursive” process because when you are proofreading it is almost certain that you might have to return to...Read More
Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Lesson Ideas
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The Pre-Teaching Dilemma

27 de fevereiro de 2018
by Isabela Villas Boas
A very controversial issue that I always come across in discussions related to English-language-teaching is whether pre-teaching is recommendable. Most discussions I’ve seen revolve around the pre-teaching of vocabulary before a reading or listening. On the one hand, pre-teaching of key vocabulary allows students to tackle the task more easily and reduces their anxiety. On...Read More
Classroom Experiences, Learner Autonomy, Teacher Development
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Assessment in CLIL and bilingual education: more than just language

27 de janeiro de 2018
by Carlos Henrique Trindade
EFL teachers that change into a bilingual education environment, often tend to forget that they are not teaching language as the primary goal anymore and that has dramatic implications. The acronym CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning – implies that there is much more to it than just language teaching. But what is there...Read More
Language testing & assessment, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education, Teacher Development
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Building automaticity: a short story

13 de janeiro de 2018
by Gabriela Fróes
Last January 3rd, my husband and I were driving back home from the beautiful state of Minas Gerais. Days before, during our stay in the effervescent Belo Horizonte, the capital city, we had met a very interesting twenty-something Japanese young man in the hostel. His name is Goro and he’d been living in Brazil for...Read More
Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Skills, Speaking and Spoken Language
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Small ways to give up control

29 de novembro de 2017
by Isabela Villas Boas
One of the best features of my job is that I get to observe teachers in their second semester in the language institute where I work.  In their first semester, they go through a mentoring process and are then observed by two other academic specialists. These observations usually go very well. The teachers are very...Read More
Learner Autonomy, Lesson Ideas, Teacher Development
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Tips on how to excel at Cambridge Exams – Part 2

25 de novembro de 2017
by Beatriz Solino de Francisco
(Obs.:  I will be back only on the 4th of January) Tip number (3) –  multiple-choice part As you know, this is a longer text. (FCE and CPE – part 7 & CAE – part 8). In order not to get anxious and/or frustrated, you will read the first question and focus only on the...Read More
Learner Autonomy
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Inside the 16th BTIC - an encouragement for developing teachers

08 Tips on how to excel at Cambridge Exams – Part 1

4 de novembro de 2017
by Beatriz Solino de Francisco
Are you sitting for Cambridge Exams in November? I believe I can help you by providing practical tips. First, I’ll share my personal experience with you. I have taken the FCE-CAE-CPE and since I passed, it’s safe to say I had the vocabulary demanded by those levels, I used to study every day (whenever possible),...Read More
Learner Autonomy

“Reading” is the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything

4 de outubro de 2017
by Beatriz Solino de Francisco
David Crystal once said that the biggest challenge for teachers is “without a doubt to keep pace with the language change”. And I could not agree more! Now, my question is. How to do it? How to keep pace with one of the most complex aspects of human behaviour? Taking into consideration that many countries, states,...Read More
Language Acquisition, Learner Autonomy, Reflections about Education
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