Malila Prado

A free lesson plan

2010-11-01T17:08:00.000-02:00

Are you interested in a free lesson plan? A professional I greatly admire (and who I take pride in being friends with) has just developed the following class plan:
http://www.practiceicaoenglish.com/
Please send her some feedback when you´ve finished the lesson.
Thanks a lot!

Websites

2010-08-04T22:39:00.000-03:00

Oops, the last was not the nicest one... This one too is something! It´s a bank of websites separated into topics for English learners!
Worth bookmarking!

Visual dictionary

2010-08-04T22:34:00.000-03:00

Yes, Twitter has been doing the job for me. Every night, when I open my twitter, I get all the important information on the topics of my interest that were on the web throughout the day. And the nicest ones, well, I pass them on to you!
The last one was a Visual Dictionary. Incredible. You can search for words in many different ways: typing the key word, browsing through the category, or even by looking for a certain image!
Enjoy it!

The best websites for English language learners - quoting Larry Ferlazzo

2010-07-14T21:11:00.000-03:00

The nice thing about having a blog is that you can organize your ideas, select what´s best for your readers (my students, in my case), and share other people´s ideas.
Larry Ferlazzo is well-known among the web 2.0 community, when it comes to English teaching. He has a blog (Websites of the Day) where he posts really interesting material.
If you´re lazy enough to resist browsing through it, just take a look at the post whose title was mentioned above, and be ready to learn a bit more.
Fantastic post! Thank you, Larry!

Aviation English Teachers

2010-06-13T23:15:00.000-03:00

Are you an English teacher? Are you willing to know a bit more on Aviation English?
Here´s the blog I created to share ideas with Aviation English teachers.
See you there!
Malila

Using Webnote

2010-05-24T11:12:00.000-03:00

Another tool my professor at PUC (take a look at http://atualidadesemingles.blogspot.com/ and genre based English tasks) showed us:
WEBNOTE
This link will lead you to a trial I´ve been working on.
Enjoy it, too!

Corpus of Contemporary American English

2010-04-08T22:39:00.000-03:00

Read WHERE SHOULD I START before you begin exploring this tool.
Corpus of Contemporary American English

Speaking tool for Advanced Learners of English

2010-04-08T22:08:00.000-03:00

I´m taking a course at PUC, and one of my classmates recommended this website. It IS fantastic!!!
Take a look - Splendid Speaking.
Hope you enjoy it!
Malila

Why homework?

2010-02-17T22:36:00.000-02:00

Lots of students complain about having to do homework, but what really surprises me is that they DEMAND their teachers to assign homework!
Crazy people? Definitely!
But here´s a brief explanation on homework - http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/homework
Hope you like it!

Listen now

2009-07-12T22:25:00.001-03:00

I guess you´ve noticed a button at the top of every post, right? It´s an incredible tool that allows you to listen to what´s written there - which makes my blog into a podcast as well!
I love the Internet!!!

Cambridge Day

2009-07-12T22:22:00.003-03:00

Guys, last Friday I went to the Cambridge Day event at Frei Caneca. Very nice, indeed! Now, for those of you who didn´t have the chance to go, here´s some interesting information we learned there:
www.professorjackrichards.com
http://www.cambridge.org.br/site/articles/articles.php?id=337
Have fun!

Video Blog

2009-07-12T16:51:00.002-03:00

Hi, everyone!
Want to learn some English through video? Take a look at Real English.
Worth seeing.

Suggestion of a blog

2008-11-30T22:09:00.002-02:00

Hi, everyone!
Here´s a suggestion of a blog which brings ideas on learning English online. Worth seeing.
See ya!
Má
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/20_ways_to_learn_a_language_online.php

Just for fun!

2008-10-28T22:52:00.002-02:00

Been a long time, right? Hope you understand - I´ve been quite busy lately. Now, check this out if you want to have some fun with English:
http://engrishfunny.com/
See ya!

Tips to level off your English

2008-06-16T17:38:00.002-03:00

A lot of students ask me about ways to level off their English. Well, this is not an easy task, but you can add these ideas to your formal studies:
- be surrounded by English - watch movies, listen to music, surf the Internet...
- find an e-pal - there are some sites where you can find English students willing to practice their English, but they´re students, too, right!? Well, do you know www.facebook.com? It´s pretty similar to Orkut, but widespread in the United States. Subscribe and make friends! Then add them to your msn or skype, and practice your English!
- listen to yourself - you have, on your computer, a tool called Voice Recorder (Gravador de Som, in Portuguese). Go to Start, Programs, Accessories and there you have it. Take the dialogues from your Workbook (or Sudent´s Book) and record it. Then listen to yourself. If you have the CD, listen to it right after your recording. Delete it if you aren´t satisfied, and do it over again.
- read - read books, magazines, articles, anything you may find interesting. You´ll learn a lot of vocabulary by doing this...
And finally...
- enjoy it! There´s no sense in doing something you don´t like....
Hope these tips are useful to you!

2008-02-16T01:05:00.002-02:00

Hiya!
"Malila, can you recommend some websites where we can study English?"
This is a very frequent question among my students, and I usually end up giving suggestions to the ones who ask me. So, if you didn´t ask me this question - yet - here´s another link for you to practice English: http://www.nonstopenglish.com/allexercises/
In this website, you have to choose the topic you want to work with, and then the kind of exercise you want. There are either vocabulary or grammar activities.
Have fun!
Malila

Social Media Tools

2008-02-14T21:17:00.003-02:00

I´ve just met another e-friend from Webheads in Action. This is her blog:
http://sabridv.wordpress.com/
Read what she says about Twitter. I had registered to it, but had no clue on what to do with it. She´s just showed me the way! Another blog she recommended is http://www.socialdesire.com/2008/01/24/26-reasons-why-i-love-twitter/.
If, after you read all this information, you decide to join Twitter, "follow" me: malilaprado. I´ll be there waiting for you!

Listening

2008-02-14T17:06:00.003-02:00

More listening activities!!!! Take a look at this site:
http://www.esl-lab.com/
Choose the level you are in, then the topic you want to hear about (pick something of your interest) and do the activities!
Have fun!

Pronunciation

2008-02-14T16:37:00.002-02:00

Pronunciation is one of my students´ main concern. This is a great site where you can practice it a little more! Enjoy it!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/pron/

2008-02-06T14:39:00.000-02:00

One last tip today - very nice blog made by one of my e-friends. Check it.
http://dvmunca.blogspot.com/

FCE speaking tool

2008-02-06T14:25:00.002-02:00

This site has been developed by one of my e-friends at Webheads in Action. She has prepared incredible speaking activities aimed at FCE. Take a look at it!
http://www.katurbaniak.com/index.php?pr=FCE

Networked learning

2008-02-06T14:20:00.000-02:00

The link on the right (Networked learning) will lead you to an article at Wikipedia. Have some fun and learn more about the Web 2.0 by browsing through it.
Hope you like it!
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Networked_learning

Wanna share your slide shows?

2008-02-03T20:09:00.001-02:00

Hi, everyone!
Willing to share your slide shows on the Net? Go to http://www.slideshare.net/ (see link on the right) and do it!!!!!!

Looking for listening activities?

2008-02-01T16:33:00.000-02:00

Hi, everyone!
This is a great site for those willing to learn (and practice!) English. You can click on the level you are, and then you´ll be directed to a group of videos. Click on one of them and you´ll be able to take a quiz after listening to video!!!!!!
Choose Three Little Birds, just to get started. I´m sure you´re gonna love it!

http://www.eslvideo.com/

Fábio

2008-01-31T20:30:00.001-02:00

Stop being nosy!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Hi, students!

2008-01-31T20:26:00.000-02:00

Hey, everyone! I´ve finally decided to make my own blog. I´ll add more info later, ok?
See ya!