Andreia Zakime
23 de mai. de 2018
What is Guided Discovery?
Guided Discovery is a technique used to present and clarify language in an inductive and student-centred way. In this post, we’ll provide...
Andreia Zakime
15 de abr. de 2018
What is Drilling?
Drilling is a technique that consists of the repetition of oral patterns and structures. In this post, we’ll provide a definition of...
Andreia Zakime
28 de mar. de 2018
What is Practice?
Does practice make perfect? Providing learners with practice activities is an essential step to help them use language confidently. In...
Andreia Zakime
20 de mar. de 2018
What are lesson aims?
Defining lesson aims is the first step to prepare an effective lesson. When you set a clear aim, it is easier to make decisions about...
Rubens Heredia
25 de fev. de 2018
What is a CCQ?
CCQs are questions used to check whether students understood the meaning of a given lexical or grammar item. In this video, we provide a...
Andreia Zakime
19 de jan. de 2018
What is Task-based learning?
TBL (Task-based learning), or TBLT (Task-based language teaching) is an approach in which learning revolves around the completion of...
Andreia Zakime
27 de set. de 2017
What are Collocations?
Collocations are words that are commonly used together. Collocations are usually categorised according to the words that form them:...
Rubens Heredia
22 de set. de 2017
What is While-Listening or While-Reading?
While-listening or While-reading is a stage, or group of stages frequently found in lessons that aim at helping students develop...
Andreia Zakime
15 de set. de 2017
What is TTT (Teacher Talking Time)?
Teacher Talking Time, also known as TTT, is a term used to describe how much a teacher talks during a lesson. Methodologies and...
Andreia Zakime
15 de set. de 2017
What is Reading?
Reading is a cognitive process in which we decode symbols in order to extract meaning from them. Reading – along with listening – is a...