Amaury Rezende Ferreira
Language Teaching Professional
MA, Linguistics - Fluminense Federal University
BA, Modern Languages and Education
Cert. TESOL, Cambridge CELTA
prof.amaury.rf@gmail.com
Location Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
English is undoubtedly the world's Lingua Franca.
In the TESOL field, I guess we should all work together in order to put an end to this "native-speakerism" preference (for teachers). I realise that in most cases it is not a matter of people's choices, but government. However, this cooperates to segregation of people. It is like saying "you are no entitled... -
People do use language in a different way. I reckon that what matters is the social context, the level of education, social rank, and other factors. However, I also think that men and women use language differently, and by that I mean that women tend to have a plethora of lexicon.
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Languages are dynamic. After all, what is "correct"?
Who is defining "correctness"? Is it ruled by grammar only?
If so, a person would be considered a grammarian not a linguist.
Instead of "correct or wrong", linguists (as far as I am concerned) are worried about what is appropriate or inappropriate, not about correctness. -
Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
Hi, I am an EFL teacher in Brazil, who lived about a year in the UK. I have a BA in Language Teaching, and I've just completed my PGDip in Linguistics, and by the end of the year I intend to go on a MA in Applied Linguistics, thus I find it important to deepen my knowledge in the subject.
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
Hi, I am Amaury from Rio in Brazil. I am a postgraduate student in Applied Linguistics and English Language. I've been working with English as a Foreign Language for about 15 years, and I am currently teaching Middle Years students at public schools. I am looking forward to learning about how the brain works in the learning process.
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
Firstly, I would say that it is important to tell students the benefits of moderate stress prior to exposure to a stressful situation. Once the experiment with students is done, a kind of a "reward" would work a relief for students as well as psychologically positive to the learning process on how to deal with stressful situations.
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I definitely agree with your statement!
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
Revisiting content from time to time will make students benefit more from the learning process. Also, whenever introducing a new topic, I will try to elicit from students what their thoughts and ideas of the topic are - therefore, working on Encoding.
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
According to the video, physical exercises and a balanced diet would keep one's brain healthy. I would also add to these items, exercises that would challenge the brain itself, such as crosswords, riddles, word searches, and so forth, as well as learning new things (a new skill, for instance), having a hobby, and also socialising, once you are among friends...
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
Hi, I am Amaury from Rio in Brazil. I am a postgraduate student in Applied Linguistics and English Language. I've been working with English as a Foreign Language for about 15 years, and I am currently teaching Middle Years students at public schools. I am looking forward to learning about how the brain works in the learning process.
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
I teach English as a Foreign Language, and gestures as well as body language are a very important part in the students' learning process.
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
I'm from Brazil, and the "okay" sign/gesture is indeed something offensive in our culture. Apparently, it is also offensive in other Latin American countries.
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I definitely agree with Theodora and Laura. Any difference, that may exist, is imposed by culture and the family upbringing, it is most certainly not genetically. Furthermore, the LGBTQ+ community people tend to express themselves in a more polite way. I also think this is an influence of society on them.
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Amaury Rezende Ferreira made a comment
I wouldn't ask any of these three questions. I would definitely ask his/her field of interest.
