This was originally posted on January 19, 2017 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/teacher-development-2-lesson-observation-part-2/ As I said in my previous post on lesson observation, I don’t see lesson observation as police work, i.e. observers should never simply walk into teachers’ classes unannounced to observe them. Therefore, the way I see it, observation should always be done in three stages: pre-observation meeting (when observer … Continue reading Teacher Development 2: Lesson Observation, part 2 (January 2017)
Pronunciation: -ATE endings (January 2017)
This was originally posted on January 17, 2017 at http://blogdisal.com.br/site/pronunciation-ate-endings-higor-cavalcante/ Hello, everyone! And Happy New Year! May 2017 be our best year yet. As I said in my first post, my contributions here on BlogDisal will all focus on language development for teachers. And, as promised, we’ll start today focusing on this somewhat troublesome item of … Continue reading Pronunciation: -ATE endings (January 2017)
A book is born (November 2016)
This was originally published on November 8, 2016 at http://blogdisal.com.br/site/book-is-born-and-we-need-to-talk-about-language-development-for-teachers-higor-cavalcante/ A bit over two years ago now, I pitched an idea for a book to Disal. This book, which I’d always wanted to write, was about language development for teachers – about the fact we teachers of English need to study a lot (more) about … Continue reading A book is born (November 2016)
On attending teachers’ conferences (August 2016)
This was originally posted on August 19, 2016 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/on-attending-teachers-conferences/ I am now on a plane on my way to Natal-RN, where I’ll participate tomorrow in BRAZ-TESOL Rio Grande do Norte’s symposium, and I took this time to write this… ‘comeback post’, after a pretty long hiatus. Many months ago, I wrote a post on … Continue reading On attending teachers’ conferences (August 2016)
A community of giants (July 2015)
This was originally published on July 19, 2015 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/a-community-of-giants/ I will start this month’s post by apologizing, and for two different reasons. First, I haven’t posted on RichmondShare since January, and I am truly very sorry for that. I was finishing my first book (yay!) and saying I’ve been really snowed under lately is … Continue reading A community of giants (July 2015)
Teacher Development 1: Lesson Observation, part 1 (January 2015)
This was originally posted on January 29, 2015 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/teacher-development-1-lesson-observation-part-1/ Happy New Year, everyone! As promised in my December post, this year I’ll be discussing what I believe to be a key issue in ELT, namely teacher development. In no particular order, and evidently not aiming at exhausting the subject – which would be impossible –, … Continue reading Teacher Development 1: Lesson Observation, part 1 (January 2015)
Planning to thrive in 2015 (December 2014)
This was originally published on December 19, 2014 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/planning-to-thrive-in-2015/ It is that time of the year again. I don’t know about you, but I’ve always been the type of guy who devotes quite a lot of time to planning his new year’s resolutions and, at the end of the year – now! – has … Continue reading Planning to thrive in 2015 (December 2014)
The importance of reading for language development – part 2 (July 2014)
This was originally published on July 20, 2019 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/the-importance-of-reading-for-language-development-part-2/ How to read for language development I honestly believe that the sheer fact of being reading constantly and on a wide array of topics — books of different genres, newspaper articles, blogs, reports and so on — for information and/or pleasure is good enough and … Continue reading The importance of reading for language development – part 2 (July 2014)
The importance of reading for language development – part 1 (May 2014)
This was originally published on May 19, 2014 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/the-importance-of-reading-for-language-development-part-1/ The way I see it, reading vastly and variedly is the most important language-learning exercise there is. Extensive reading — which Thornbury (2006, p 191) defines as being the more leisurely reading of longer texts, primarily for pleasure, or in order to accumulate vocabulary, or simply … Continue reading The importance of reading for language development – part 1 (May 2014)
Can they have been being seized? (April 2014)
This was originally posted on April 19, 2014 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/can-they-have-been-being-seized/ Hello everyone! I want to start this month’s post apologizing for my… silence last month. I’ve got only myself to blame – anyone writing about organization skills out there? – and can just promise it won’t happen again. Scout’s honor. So let me pick up … Continue reading Can they have been being seized? (April 2014)
Higor Cavalcante 