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Sorry what?! Portuguese pronunciation is difficult?! Come again? 🤣😂
Desculpem?! A pronuncia portuguesa é difícil. ora vamos lá ver...🤣😂

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK
Hello! How are you? 🙂
People, how’s life? How are you keeping yourselves busy? 😉
Tell me everything! 😜

DESAFIO DA SEMANA
Olá! Como estão? 🙂
Como está a vossa vida? O que estão a fazer para se manterem ocupados? 😉
Contem-me tudo! 😉

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:
How are you dealing with the Covid 19?
What are you doing?
What is the lesson you’re taking from this all situation?
Do tell! 😉

DESAFIO DA SEMANA:
Como estás a lidar com o Cividis 19?
O que estás a fazer?
Consegues tirar uma lição desta situação?
Conta-me!

DESAFIO DA SEMANA:
Estou curiosa. O que é que em vossa opinião faz um(a) bom/boa professor(a)? 🤔 Contem-me tudo!

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:
curious to know. What in your opinion makes a good teacher? 🤔 Do tell!

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world

A pronúncia portuguesa é difícil? Talvez.
E a Inglesa é fácil? Nem por isso... 😉

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world

Is Portuguese pronunciation difficult? Maybe. But is English pronunciation straightforward? Not really! 😉

If you can pronounce correctly every word in this poem, you will be speaking English better than 90% of the native English speakers in the world After trying the verses, a Frenchman said he’d prefer six months of hard labour to reading six lines aloud

Desafio da semana:
Quais os teus planos para a Páscoa? 😉
Vais celebrar? Como celebras? 🙂
Conta-me tudo!!!!! 🙂

Challenge of the week:
Do you celebrate Easter? If yes, how? 😉
Any plans???? Tell me! 😜

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:
Is there Carnival where you are from? Whats is it like? Do you like it? Why/why not?

DESAFIO DA SEMANA:
Há carnaval no vosso país de origem? Como é? Gostam do Carnaval? Porquê/porque não? 😉

DESAFIO DA SEMANA:
O que é que o dia de São Valentim significa para ti? Celebras? Como? 🥰

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:
Do you usually celebrate Valentine’s day? What do you do? And what does it mean to you? 🥰

Foreign Language Learnings Have a Paradox in Pronunciation

DIA DA NEUROCIÊNCIA:
De acordo com este estudo, é importante que alunos de línguas estrangeiras tenham feedback externo. De acordo com as conclusões do estudo, a maioria destes alunos considera que a sua pronuncia está correcta, pelo que o feedback é importante para que, na verdade, melhorem a sua pronuncia.
Eu, de facto, tenho alunos muitos especiais! Frequentemente acham que estão a pronunciar de forma incorrecta e eu é que lhes digo: "Não, está correcto!" 😂

Foreign Language Learnings Have a Paradox in Pronunciation According to a new study, although people who learn a foreign language are aware of typical pronunciation mistakes, they often continue to make them due to believing their own pronunciation is better than others.

Foreign Language Learnings Have a Paradox in Pronunciation

NEUROSCIENCE DAY:
'The findings show how important external feedback is when learning foreign languages ​​because it deliberately makes mistakes aware. "We cannot improve as long as we think that we are actually quite good."'
Well, well, well... My students often think they're wrong! I'm the one always saying "Nope, you're right!" 😂

Foreign Language Learnings Have a Paradox in Pronunciation According to a new study, although people who learn a foreign language are aware of typical pronunciation mistakes, they often continue to make them due to believing their own pronunciation is better than others.

DESAFIO DA SEMANA:
De onde és? Em que cidade nasceste?
Fala-me sobre a tua cidade. 🙂

CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK:
Where are you from? Where's your hometown? Tell me about it! 🙂

Encerrado temporariamente. Motivo: gripe! 🤧

Under the flu! 😷

Não acabem com a caligrafia: escrever à mão desenvolve o cérebro

NEUROSCIENCE OF THE WEEK
Os meus alunos sabem que frequentemente após um exercício oral, peço que escrevam o exercício no caderno. Escrever à mão potencia a criação de memórias a longo prazo. E uma aprendizagem eficaz consiste em memórias a longo prazo. 😉

Não acabem com a caligrafia: escrever à mão desenvolve o cérebro Pediatra acredita que é preciso cuidado para que o mundo digital não leve embora experiências significativas que tem impacto no desenvolvimento das crianças

Não acabem com a caligrafia: escrever à mão desenvolve o cérebro

NEUROSCIENCE OF THE WEEK
My students know that often after an oral practice I’ll ask them to right the exercise down. The reason is that writing things down by hand helps create a more lasting memory. And creating long lasting memories is what learning is all about! 😉

Não acabem com a caligrafia: escrever à mão desenvolve o cérebro Pediatra acredita que é preciso cuidado para que o mundo digital não leve embora experiências significativas que tem impacto no desenvolvimento das crianças

Desafio da Semana:
O que fizeste o fim de semana passado? (Fim de semana, não Verão passado! ;)
Conta-me tudo! :)

Challenge of the week:
What did you do last weekend? (weekend, not Summer! ;))
Do tell. :)

Lion Goodman - The Discomfort of the Unknown

NEUROSCIENCE
Beliefs are often what keeps us behind. Are yours?
I've got a feeling they are. It's quite troubling the amount of people/learners that come to me with hinderances like the one mentioned below. Some times the culprit is an episode at school, some times within the family. The question is not if you're struggling with such an hindrance, the question is what you're willing to do to overcome it. 😉 Oh, believe me, it's possible! But it does require willingness, a plan of action and perseverance.

"Every belief we accumulated reduced some anxiety or uncertainty. Do you remember the feeling in school when you were called on in class and didn’t know the answer? That’s the feeling of shame, especially if kids laughed at you for not knowing. This feeling drives some children to come to a positive conclusion/belief: “I never want that to happen again, so I’ll learn all the answers.” More commonly, children take the downward path into the belief, “I’m just stupid. I’ll never learn that stuff. I give up.”" by Lion Goodman

Lion Goodman - The Discomfort of the Unknown Beliefs are useful. They eliminate the discomfort of the unknown. A rule of the mind states: “Familiar is safe and comfortable. Unfamiliar is dangerous and uncomfortable.” Our biological and anthropological history installed anxiety as a survival mechanism. This deep program was useful when the ...

Desafio da semana:
Ultimamente tenho utilizado imenso este desafio com jovens e adultos. Gosto imenso do utilizar e as respostas são sempre MUITO interessantes. Aqui vai:
Imagina que eras um animal. Como aluno que animal és agora? E que animal gostarias de vir a ser? Porquê esse animal e o que significaria para ti essa transformação.
Gostava muito de ler a tua resposta aqui. 😉

Challenge of the week:
I've been using this challenge quite a bit of late. I really, really love it. It always results in great answers. Here goes:
Imagine you were an animal. As a learner what animal are you? And... what animal would you like to become? Why would you want to become that particular animal and what would that transformation mean to you? 😉
I would love to read your answer here. 🙂

A beautiful piece of advice based on NEUROSCIENCE.
Growth comes from stepping out of your "comfort zone."
Just saying... 😉

Every time you try something new, your brain forms new neural pathways and connections.

This is why some people’s minds stay incredibly sharp, even as they start to age.

Improving yourself, your skills and your brain’s amazing abilities shouldn’t stop once you reach a certain age. You should always be searching for new opportunities to learn.

Think of a few ways you can make your brain form these new connections.

Try taking a new route to work... or pick up a book on a topic you’ve always wanted to learn.

Never close yourself off to new possibilities.

Instead, dedicate yourself to constant and never ending improvement.