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Idioms. Native English speakers love using them in conversation, and you’ll often find them popping up in books, TV shows and movies too. To perfect your English, you really need to become confident in using idioms and knowing the difference between breaking a leg and pulling someone’s leg. Here are 20 English idioms that everyone should know: 1. Under the weather What does it mean? To feel ill How do you use it? In England we love to talk about the weather and will do so often, but don’t be fooled by this common phrase. If someone says they’re feeling under the weather, your response should be ‘I hope you feel better!’, not ‘Would you like to borrow my umbrella?’. 2. The ball is in your court What does it mean? It’s up to you How do you use it? It’s your move now, but this idiom refers to life rather than a sport. If you’ve got the ‘ball,’ the decision is yours and someone is waiting for your decision. 3. Spill the beans What does it mean? To give away a secret How do you use i...

Coisas que professores gostariam que pais fizessem O que a escola espera dos pais? Dê uma olhada nas dicas dos profissionais da educação e aprenda também! Os pais esperam que seus filhos aprendam ao máximo na escola. Mas o que a escola espera que os pais façam? Dê uma olhada nas 10 dicas dos profissionais da educação. 1. Estabeleça uma Rotina Estabeleça uma rotina familiar diária, incluindo alimentação saudável e hábitos de dormir. 2. Construa Auto-Estima Construa a auto-estima de seus filhos expressando interesse nos trabalhos da escola e afirmando o valor do pequeno através de mensagens positivas. 3. Comunique-se Comunique-se abertamente com a escola de seu filho, e contate a instituição sobre questões que dizem respeito ao sucesso dele. Aborde diretamente os professores do pequeno, em vez de procurar a secretaria ou o diretor da escola. 4. Estabeleça Padrões Realistas Crie padrões altos, porém realistas, para sua criança. 5. Cheque a Lição de Casa Confira se o pe...

2- Shopping information gap An information gap exercise is a great way to engage students in speaking tasks. In a Shopping Information Gap , students are divided into pairs, and each is supplied with a worksheet with some information missing from it. Students ask each other questions to find the missing pieces. You can have students in pairs prepare an information gap  worksheet, or you may create your own information gap exercise on any coursebook topic.

Dear teachers, Below is my suggestion of a real good realia material for producing biographies on famous people. I thought that for school classroom a good idea  is to take students to the lab and  have them search freely on someone they like. The objective of the lesson is to teach them to speak on the third person. For example: Angelina Jolie lives in California, she has___kids. She is married. etc... Allow students time for them to practice and later present it to the big group. For those students who are shy, they can record their speech at home and hand it in on a cd/dvd or any other media gadget. http://www.people.com/people/angelina_jolie Hope you like it! Teacher Juliana

Às vezes não percebemos como é importante o  papel da família, o nosso papel, de pai e/ou mãe, na motivação de nossos filhos, ao longo do processo de aprendizado de  outra língua.  As crianças, depositam toda a confiançaa em  seus pais e sentem-se seguros,confiantes e ENTUSIASMADOS quando encontram  uma aliança para trilhar este caminho desconhecido por eles/elas. Eis uma fórmula de sucesso: familia+filhos+aprender inglês= sucesso! Para entender melhor como, leia este texto escrito por Rebecca Yorn Harlon, escritora da série Hip Hip Hooray/Editora Pearson Longman, sobre o assunto. www.pearsonlongman.com/primaryplace

Essa dica é para a sala de aula: Vamos combinar...não há aluno e nem professor que goste de seguir o livro tal qual as atividades são sugeridas, fica muito monótono. Vamos adaptá-las??? Aqui vai sugestão # 1 1-You got the job! Most ESL books include a unit on jobs or professions . Activities usually involve describing what each profession does or involves. To make these tasks a little more engaging, have your class conduct job interviews instead . Divide students into pairs; one student is the interviewer and the other is the interviewee. Go around the class and give each pair a different profession or job to interview for. Before you start it's important students have prepared their own set of questions. This is something the teacher can work as a big group before starting the activity, that is, brainstorm with your students what could be common questions when in a job interview, and possible answers. After you model it once, they will be ready to work on their own. Be avail...

Hello again! If you are a teacher in search of nice games and projects to develop with your students, maybe you´ll like these suggestions. So, here goes suggestion # 1. Hope you like it! Teacher Juliana   1. Tasting game If you are fortunate enough to have the real fruits easily available then bring them in and play a blindfold tasting game. Be careful to wash the fruits and your hands carefully beforehand and cut the fruits into small pieces. You can give the children the black and white pictures to be colouring in while you are doing that, or you can have the fruits pre-prepared, which would actually be a lot easier Teacher´s note :This game is very helpfull to develop projects  with the 5 senses and to teach abilities such as I can, I can´t or express likes and dislikes; I like.../ I don´t like... Enjoy it! Teacher Juliana

As vezes, nós pais e mães não percebemos que assim como o professor, nós somos fundamentais aliados no processo de aprendizagem  dos nossos filhos. Nossos pequenos e pequenas, confiam em nós, mais do que em qualquer outra pessoa, e sentem-se confiantes e altamente motivados quando percebem nos pais uma aliança que os une neste processo. Acesse este site, e leia sobre o que a autora da série Hip Hip Hooray, Rebecca Hanlon tem a compartilhar conosco. Boa leitura, teacher Juliana www.pearsonlongman.com/primaryplace