The “Currículo Mínimo – Língua Estrangeira” (2012) has the purpose of developing the following competence in basic schoo...

The second and first paragraphs are linked by a notion of contrast, which is explicitly conveyed by the linking word "though” (2nd paragraph). The con...

Question address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)The use of authentic materials in ...

Considering the expression of happenings in the past, verbs vary following time precision or imprecision. The example extracted from the editorial tha...

The conceptual difference between “method” and “approach” is an interesting point to start discussing English language teaching. According to Richards...

Question address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs) . The three basic building blocks...

Suppose you are correcting some literary essays. In one essay, you find the following extract.“It begins with the Giant coming back to his garden afte...

Questio address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs)Match each teaching model on the le...

In language teaching studies, some attempts of modeling the reading process have been made. The approach to reading that is generally accepted today i...

Consider the following noun phrase: ‘the only navigable river’. Suppose a student asks you if there is a difference in meaning if ‘navigable’ is place...

Assuming that current language teaching tends to be eclectic in terms of approaches and that this might result in inconsistent and unfounded practice,...