Catarina Chase Aleixo, Author at BridgeUniverse - TEFL Blog, News, Tips & Resources https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/author/catarinachasealeixo/ Your go-to site for TEFL news, resources, and more. Download free ebooks and infographics to save for later and catch up on the latest teaching tips and trends written by our experts. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:01:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/cropped-fav-32x32.png Catarina Chase Aleixo, Author at BridgeUniverse - TEFL Blog, News, Tips & Resources https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/author/catarinachasealeixo/ 32 32 6 Best EFL Blogs All Teachers Should Check Out https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/best-efl-blogs/ https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/best-efl-blogs/#respond Fri, 30 Apr 2021 15:26:19 +0000 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/?p=13569 We interviewed the creators responsible for 6 of the best EFL blogs around today to find out more about why they started blogging, who should read their posts, and how their ideas can help ESL teachers in the classroom.

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]]> https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/best-efl-blogs/feed/ 0 Bridge Partners With Latin American Governments to Support English Teacher Development https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/bridge-partners-latin-american-governments-to-support-english-teacher-development/ https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/bridge-partners-latin-american-governments-to-support-english-teacher-development/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 21:27:10 +0000 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/?p=13348 Education systems in Latin America are prioritizing English language proficiency as a necessary skill for graduates to be equipped for success in an increasingly globalized world, according to a report from […]

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]]> https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/bridge-partners-latin-american-governments-to-support-english-teacher-development/feed/ 0 Spitting Rhymes in the Classroom: Bridge Partners With Lo-Fi to Mix Hip-Hop and EFL https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/bridge-partners-with-lo-fi-to-mix-hip-hop-and-efl/ https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/bridge-partners-with-lo-fi-to-mix-hip-hop-and-efl/#respond Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:36:51 +0000 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/?p=12271 In 2019, Miles Iton found himself in a classroom full of Taiwanese sixth graders who were looking on as he put together his entire DJ set-up at the front of […]

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]]> https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/bridge-partners-with-lo-fi-to-mix-hip-hop-and-efl/feed/ 0 Pipe Dream or Possibility? Moving Abroad to Teach English During the Pandemic https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/pipe-dream-or-possibility-moving-abroad-to-teach-english-during-the-pandemic/ https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/pipe-dream-or-possibility-moving-abroad-to-teach-english-during-the-pandemic/#comments Fri, 06 Nov 2020 20:31:40 +0000 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/?p=11229 Missouri resident, English teacher, and blogger, Kristin Blake, has wanted to move to France since high school when her French teacher introduced her to French language and culture. She made […]

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]]> https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/pipe-dream-or-possibility-moving-abroad-to-teach-english-during-the-pandemic/feed/ 1 Online ELT Marketplaces: How They Work, What They Charge & How to Make the Most of Them https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/online-elt-marketplaces-how-they-work-what-they-charge-how-to-make-the-most-of-them/ https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/online-elt-marketplaces-how-they-work-what-they-charge-how-to-make-the-most-of-them/#respond Thu, 05 Nov 2020 16:51:23 +0000 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/?p=11214 When thriving language–learning app, Busuu, acquired video-tutoring language marketplace, Verbling, back in mid-January 2020, it was perhaps not fully aware of quite how prescient its “double-digit million dollar acquisition” had been. At […]

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]]> https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/online-elt-marketplaces-how-they-work-what-they-charge-how-to-make-the-most-of-them/feed/ 0 Native Speakerism: Discriminatory Practice or Response to Market Demands? https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/native-speakerism-discriminatory-practice-or-response-to-market-demands/ https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/native-speakerism-discriminatory-practice-or-response-to-market-demands/#respond Wed, 30 Sep 2020 15:20:47 +0000 https://bridge.edu/tefl/blog/?p=10711 English has become the world’s first truly global language. It is the global lingua franca for business, diplomacy, and tourism; it is the unofficial first language of the Internet; and […]

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