1. Topic Presentation
2. Should I stay or should I go?
3. Myths and realities
4. Round off
Q&A
AGENDA
I´m a Brazilian teacher and my first trip
to an aglophone country was after I
had started teaching. I graduated,
started working, saved money and
only then did I travel.
Bottomline: how could I have started
teaching before travelling?
Where did I learn English?
Answer: at home, in my country-
Brazil!!!
MITO 2: lá fora o curso é melhor!!!
Checklist:
• Can the teacher there understand the linguistic reasons of
your mistakes?
• Will you not have any fellow countryman near you in the
class?
• Are the books, chairs, tables, eboards,etc... there different
from the ones here?
• Will you be paying all of it in Reais?
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