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)
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)
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)
Higor Cavalcante 