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How to really brainstorm in meetings Posted by Adir on Aug 8, 2012
Hello, there! I’ve been reading a book. “A Whole New Mind – Why right-brainers will rule the future”, by Daniel H. Pink and in one of its chapters it describes that lengthy and oftentime fruitless brainstorm sessions that we have all been part of at work. Pink says that effective brainstorming sessions aren’t random and…
Phrasal verb: turn out Posted by Adir on Aug 7, 2012
Today is our first Tuesday in August and our post today is again about phrasal verbs. This time it’s a very, but very common phrasal verb: to turn out. As you may expect, this phrasal verb has several meaning and oftentimes it’s not very easy to know when to use one or the other, so…
Como usar o phrasal verb “to back up” Posted by Adir on Jul 30, 2012
Hey, there! How was your weekend? Today let’s learn some uses of the phrasal verb to back up. Are you ready? Let’s go for it! The first use of to back up is to say or show that what someone says is true. Here are some examples: Jane would back me up if she were…
O que é pecha kucha? Posted by Adir on Jul 24, 2012
Hello, there! Estive na convenção Braz-TESOL no Rio de Janeiro semana passada e presenciei um negócio fantástico: o tal do Pecha Kucha. É uma apresentação onde vinte slides são mostrados por 20 segundos cada um e o apresentador fica falando sobre o slide sem parar. Os slides têm que contar uma história e podem ter…
Discourse markers: actually Posted by Adir on Jul 18, 2012
Discourse markers are essential to speech. Without them we would sound unnatural, and conversation would be more difficult to produce and understand. They add meaning to what you are saying, and also do things like allow you time to think and prepare the listener for the nature and content of what you are saying. Let’s…
Humor in English: parents texting! Posted by Adir on May 17, 2012
Guys, I found these funny messages of parents texting their kids and I had to share them with you, you guys are going to crack up! Click here to access the original website…
Collocations com o verbo “to set” Posted by Adir on May 11, 2012
As collocations são combinações comuns entre palavras de uma língua e hoje o post vai trazer algumas collocations com o verbo to set. To set tem vários significados: colocar, fixar, determinar, estabelecer, entre outros, e é usado com vários substantivos. Vamos aprender algumas collocations bem comuns! Set the pattern – definir o padrão. Art and…