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Useful tips & links for learning English outside the classroom

I’ll let you on to a little secret: if you think that you will learn to speak English like a native speaker just by coming to class twice a week, you’re wrong! It’s like practicing for your driver’s test, it’s not enough to just pass the test, you have to actually drive everyday in the … Read more

Students’ expectations for the course

As you know, I asked you to write a small paragraph about your expectations for the course this semester Here are the first two I received, please keep them coming! I have high expectations for this semester. The kind of activities I enjoy and would like to do more of include games,  video & song … Read more

Projects kick-off

Ok, so this semester there will be two group projects. The groups have been formed : Group 1 will do a presentation about the cities of Recife and Venice, discussing similarities and differences between the two. Members: Joyce Thalita Rebecca Patricia Group 2 will give a presentation about sports, notably the different styles of sports … Read more

Describing a scene – the winners!

As promised, I am posting the winning drawings from our activity Don’t quit your day job just yet! If it’s any consolation, I think your English is better than your drawing skills

Welcome!

Hello everybody, I don’t have any definite plans as to what this blog will contain, or what purpose it will serve. Let’s treat it as an experiment – and see what we can get out of it. I think one idea is that we can use it as a journal, so that we may follow … Read more