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)
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)
Do we need to work on our English? (February 2014)
This was originally posted on February 19, 2014 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/422-2/ Following up on last month’s post, I’d like to dedicate this month’s installment to discussing the following question: What does it mean to know a language? Or, more to the point, what does it mean for a teacher of English to know the language? Without getting very … Continue reading Do we need to work on our English? (February 2014)
Language Development for Teachers (January 2014)
This was originally posted on January 19, 2014 at https://www.richmondshare.com.br/language-development-for-teachers/ First of all, it’s an honor to be blogging here on RichmondShare along with some of the brightest stars in the Brazilian ELT market, and also a little scary! Thanks Richmond for the invitation and thank you all for reading! Now to the topic at … Continue reading Language Development for Teachers (January 2014)
LDT: The importance of studying language (May 2013)
This was originally posted on May 13, 2013 at https://higorcavalcante.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/ldt-the-importance-of-studying-language-part-1/ Why study language What does it mean to know a language? Or, more to the point, what does it mean for a teacher of English to know the language? Without getting very technical and/or long-winded, it is my opinion that a teacher of English as a foreign … Continue reading LDT: The importance of studying language (May 2013)
LDT: The importance of reading (May 2013)
This was originally posted on May 6, 2013 at https://higorcavalcante.wordpress.com/2013/05/06/ldt-the-importance-of-reading/ A note of thanks Before anything else, I’d like to thank everybody who commented on last week’s post and emailed me so many interesting ideas and opinions. I’m also very happy to have seen the record of visits to this blog on a single day … Continue reading LDT: The importance of reading (May 2013)
Language Development for Teachers (LDT) – (April 2013)
This was oginally posted on April 29, 2013 at https://higorcavalcante.wordpress.com/2013/04/29/language-development-for-teachers-ldt-2/ Following up on last week’s post, I’d like to start addressing the language aspect of teacher development today, an aspect I suggested last week – unjustly so? – was all but completely ignored by our segment – coursebook writers and publishers, school owners and coordinators, … Continue reading Language Development for Teachers (LDT) – (April 2013)
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