BRAZ-TESOL
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Friday, April 6, 2018 · 1:00 PM -03Let’s talk about teachers as learners. What is the next step for you in terms of continuing professional development? Do you have a plan? If so, how do you know that this is what you need to do to attain your professional goals? By the way, what a... -
Friday, September 22, 2017 · 1:00 PM -03Choosing a coursebook to teach English might have been easier years ago, when there were slim pickings. Nowadays, however, the number of choices is nothing short of overwhelming. And let’s agree: more choices don’t exactly help. In this session, I...
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Friday, July 21, 2017 · 6:00 PM -03Rapport building is considered by many authors as an essential ingredient for effective teaching and learning. So how does one establish rapport? How is this process different when teaching online? How does the relationship with have with our stu... -
Friday, June 9, 2017 · 1:00 PM -03There’s a widely spread idea that senior students may not be able to learn a foreign language, but given the most favorable environment and appropriate tools, these students do thrive. One of these tools is the opportunity to reflect upon their ow...
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Friday, February 17, 2017 · 12:00 PM -03Covert syllabus -- or hidden curriculum -- is a term used by Hadfield, J. to describe the values, behaviors, beliefs, and perspectives that are subtly expressed in classroom activities in course books. The aim of this talk is to discuss the concep...
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Friday, January 20, 2017 · 12:00 PM -03In this workshop, I’m going to talk about features of pronunciation (connected speech, individual sounds and stress) that are useful for students and how teachers can include them in their own lessons, either as a stand-alone pronunciation lesson ...
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Friday, October 28, 2016 · 12:00 PM -03The aim of this webinar is to create a sharing space where participants will reflect on the role of play and role-play in the language classroom and contribute with experiences and ideas. Dialogues and role-play activities found in coursebooks are...
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Sunday, September 18, 2016 · 11:00 AM -03As a language teacher:
Do you often take a route to teaching/learning mediated by materials or the one “located in the interactivity between teachers and learners, and between the learners themselves?” (Thornbury, 2009)
Do you believe the mo... -
Friday, June 24, 2016 · 2:00 PM -03Whether or not we believe in tests, we are frequently faced with the need to use them. Do you have to design your own tests or give feedback on tests designed by others? How confident do you feel about it? What are the characteristics of an effect...
Past
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Friday, June 12, 2015 · 1:00 PM -03I will start this webinar by exposing the problem of native speaker (NS) favouritism in ELT which leads to unequal hiring practices whereby over 70% of all job ads are for NS only. I will show why the idea that NS are a priori better teachers is n...
