Suppose a student asks you if 'whose' in the following academic passage is wrong. “There is a way of proceeding in conce...

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...

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

According to Harmer (2007) in “How to teach English”, the discovery approach is a possible way of teaching grammar. In this approach, teachers lead le...

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Question address both the teaching of English as a foreign language and the Parâmetros Curriculares Nacionais (PCNs) Despite the problems created by b...

When teaching vocabulary, teachers should be aware of the purpose of the activities they propose. Harmer (2007) presents some examples of vocabulary a...

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 “Oficina de Linguística Aplicada”, Moita Lopes (1996) discusses the concept of “self-ful?lling prophecy”, presented by Rosenthal and Jacobson in 19...

In “Teaching Reading Skills in a Foreign Language”, Nuttall (1996, p. 39) presents some reading strategies. According to the author, some of them are ...