Rodrigo Sigoli ELT

Next Wednesday (May 28th, at 20h00 BRT), I'll be going live with Carol and Rebekah from to talk about the TKT and other international qualifications for English/bilingual teachers.

If you wish to receive the link for this session, just comment TKT down below and I'll send it right away. See you there?

Last Saturday, for the May round of my Intro to Phonology workshop, I had the company of 10 very wise, experienced English teachers who are willing to go beyond in their knowledge about the language so that their students can progress even further. I'm truly happy to have had the chance to interact with professionals from so many different teaching contexts!

⚠️ This was my last workshop in the 1st Semester, but if you wish to learn more about Pronunciation, a new course is coming soon - stay tuned 🚨

An English teacher has recently asked me for some advice regarding one of their CELTA assignments, which made me pick up my very own record of the experience I had in that course.

Much is said about the inherent challenges in this course, but for me it was a milestone in my career - not only was I able to develop fundamental skills as an English teacher, but it was also in the CELTA that I acquired knowledge about the language that made an incredible difference in the work I still deliver to this day and how vocal I am about language awareness.

I will be talking about one of my favorite language-related topics tomorrow at 14h00 BRT - Phonology - most of which I acquired during my tenure as a CELTee. If you wish to join me in this journey discovering why pronunciation is also essential, send me a DM or comment SOUNDS in this post.

Over the years, a very good number of ELT literature works have made a great difference in my career and education. Among many titles, I highly recommend the following as books every teacher should read:

Language:
- About Language (Scott Thornbury)
- Advanced Grammar in Use (Martin Hewings)
- Advanced Language Practice (Michael Vince)
- English Pronunciation in Use (Mark Hancock)
- Grammar for English Language Teachers (Martin Parrott)
- Practical English Usage (Michael Swan)
- Sounds Foundations (Adrian Underhill)

Methodology:
- 30 Language Teaching Methods (Scott Thornbury)
- A Course in English Language Teaching (Penny Ur)
- An A-Z of ELT (Scott Thornbury)
- Communicative Language Teaching Today (Jack Richards)
- How to Teach for Exams (Katie Head & Sally Burgess)
- How to Teach Speaking (Scott Thornbury)
- Learning Teaching (Jim Scrivener)
- Teaching by Principles (Douglas Brown)
- Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching (Diane Larsen-Freeman)
- The Lexical Approach (Michael Lewis)

Which ones have you read?

In order to celebrate our 8th anniversary at , we offered a free workshop on a key issue for the English teacher currently - Phonology. Having the chance to discuss such an important topic with our students mirrored everything we've been doing since our foundation and something we've become known for - a rock-solid focus on Teacher Development, including a focus on Language Awareness, for both our in-house teachers, our students and the ELT community as a whole. Thanks to everyone for supporting us through these 8 years!

Coffee before the semester starts ✅☕

What course would you like to see Sergio and I do together?

Happy New Year from all of us! May 2025 be a year rife with blessings, love, achievements, peace and light 🎉🥂❤️🥳🙏🏻

Thank you to every single one of my students, partners, and friends, for a very special 2024, and I hope we can continue thriving together in the new year.

Rodrigo Sigoli

Here are my Courses for Teachers available for the 1st Semester of 2025, focusing on teachers intending to go further in a variety of areas related to Language and Teaching! 🎯

⚠️ Our Black Friday deals end tonight - all courses at 15% off! 😉

Looking forward to seeing you soon!

- one of the last teenager groups I taught, an Upper Intermediate 3, at Cultura Inglesa in Santos/SP, exactly 10 years ago. I had so much fun with these kids! I like to joke that if I were to teach teens these days, I would have to be retrained 😂 boy, does time fly!

My first Conversation Club at . Always nice to participate in our extracurricular events more closely. I had a hell of a time with our veterans .rita and , alongside dear teachers , , , and .falk. We discussed relationships tonight, with plenty of interaction, development of skills and vocabulary galore. See you next time! 🗣️