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)
Learning teaching: Becoming a better teacher every day (April 2013)
This was originally published on April 22, 2013 at https://higorcavalcante.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/learning-teaching-becoming-a-better-teacher-every-day/ In this comeback column, I’d like to discuss one of my favorite topics in ELT, which is that of Teacher Development (TD); or, as is often the case, the lack thereof. Jim Scrivener, in the book I borrowed this article’s title from, says that any teacher … Continue reading Learning teaching: Becoming a better teacher every day (April 2013)