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6 fun games that promote Autonomy, Choice, and Engagement – my ACE concept

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Much has been discussed about ways of tapping into the 21st-century skills in the classroom. Sure we want our students to think critically and creatively, to communicate and to collaborate on different levels throughout the course. But it goes beyond that, don’t you agree? I couldn’t stop thinking about it after a brilliant talk given …

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The Origin of Mr. Trunk, my travel buddy – and a stuffed elephant

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It was a hot afternoon – like 300 other in a typical Goiânia year – a little over a year ago and I had just finished a frustrating lesson with my CEFR-B2 group. Nothing had worked as intended that day. I wasn’t particularly motivated, my students were even less and misbehavior and distractions took over. …

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Uncertain Future, Critical Thinking and an Endless Journey to Curiosity – A student’s perspective

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Hi! My name is Júlia Mota, André’s student at CCBEU, and I’m going to talk about the future. My teacher always shows us TED speeches, texts and different videos talking about people who changed their lifestyle, had an amazing idea, innovated or invented something. It’s made me think a lot about what am I going …

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Manifesto à Educação de Qualidade – Escrita Científica

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Compartilhem esse post ou baixem o documento word e divulguem Manifesto à Educação Prezados professores(as), orientadores(as) e alunos(as), É com muito pesar que escrevo neste texto duas constatações de organismos internacionais: a primeira diz respeito à capacidade dos alunos nas habilidades de leitura, ciências e matemática. O Brasil ocupa o 59ª em leitura, 63ª em ciências …

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The Art of Presenting: Tips on how to deliver impacting presentations (and lessons)

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Vídeo em português: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLsuTnTTRkI Versão em Português com links úteis:A Arte da Apresentação_Mini Apostila If you are a teacher, and I’m assuming you are, have you ever wondered how many times you have delivered a presentation in your life? I’m going to present about presentations (meta-presentation :)) next week and I was forced to ask myself …

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How can we work with differentiation in the classroom? My Jimmy Fallon challenge

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So yesterday I had a revision lesson about VERB TO BE in the simple present tense, among other things. I wanted my students to be able to write a letter about themselves stating their names, nationality, age, and something else about their lives. The problem was: my students have varying degrees of skills with the language, …

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A little controversy doesn’t hurt – A video lesson plan about PARSNIPS (hot topics)

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Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj2lzLZ6YxM&t=310s Whenever you have to talk about sex, religion, politics or drugs, how do you feel? Are you comfortable discussing these hot topics or can you feel the cold sweat coming down already? If I had to guess, I’d say basically everyone has reservations when it comes to controversial issues. I certainly …

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The Perfect Lesson Plan (but not really) – A sample to help you plan your own lessons

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Versão em português – LESSON PLAN SAMPLE 1_português Is there such a thing as the perfect lesson plan? I challenge you to think about that. Have you ever delivered a lesson that felt like you rocked big time? The way I see it, there are no perfect lesson plans. Some might feel perfect to you or …

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