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Young Learners and Teens SIG

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Contact us: yltsig@braztesol.org.br

SIG Mission: 

YLT SIG aims at:

1. Encouraging professional development and the exchange of ideas about teaching Young Learners and Teenagers;

2. Sharing ideas, activities and reading material to foster discussion;

3. Promoting a link among YLT teachers all over Brazil by using online discussions.

SIG Team

Mariana Ozeika

Mariana Ozeika

Mariana Ozeika is an EFL educator with extensive experience teaching young learners and teenagers. She holds CELTA, DELTA, C1, and TBL (Teaching Bilingual Learners) certifications from Cambridge and a postgraduate degree in Modern Education from PUC-RS. She owns a Language Center, Aspen Idiomas, specialized in kids and teens. Her academic interests include flipped learning, critical thinking, and task-based language teaching.

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Mariana Ozeika Leader

Edilene Marques

Edilene Marques

Enthusiastic and dedicated English Teacher with experience teaching and supporting elementary-level classrooms serving students with different learning styles. Committed to all aspects of student learning and the promotion of their growth. After working for 15 years in worldwide companies, she left the corporate world to achieve a dream: to teach English and change lives. Majored in Literature (Portuguese-English) and Pedagogy and holds other certifications including IELTS, Google Educator, and media education (Educamidia).

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Edilene Marques Coordinator

Juliana Tonelli

Juliana Tonelli

Juliana Reichert Assunção Tonelli holds an MA and a PhD in Language Studies, and postdoctoral studies focused on the teachers? education and teaching of English in Early Childhood (Université de Geneva; Unemat and UnB). She is associate professor at the Modern Languages Department at the Londrina State University , Brazil. She teaches and supervises undergraduate and graduate students both in the Language Studies Program and Professional Masters Program. She is a member of the Latin American Association for Language Testing and Assessment (LAALTA) and member of the BrazTesol Young Learners Special Interest Group. Her research field includes Linguistic Education in Early Childhood focused on second language, bi/multi and plurilinguism and children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities(SEND). She is the founder and leader of the Research Group FELICE/ CNPq (Brazilian Research Council).

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Juliana Tonelli Coordinator

Sharllene Rodrigues

Sharllene Rodrigues

Sharllene has been working as an English teacher for over 10 years. She has a degree in Languages and holds a CELTA. She is currently working as a public school teacher and is a firm believer that is possible to teach additional languages in a public education context, from a decolonizing perspective.

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Sharllene Rodrigues Coordinator

Thais Malagoli

Thais Malagoli

Professora de inglês desde 2012, com experiência na Cultura Inglesa e na rede pública municipal de Jundiaí, onde atua desde 2019. Atuou como líder de formação de língua inglesa junto à Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo, com atuação na EFAPE, e como formadora pela Troika, onde também atua na curadoria, edição e revisão de materiais didáticos. Hoje, trabalha na formação de professores no setor público pela Pearson, em parceria com a rede estadual do Mato Grosso. Mestre em Educação pela Universidade de São Paulo, pesquisa a (des)(re)construção da identidade docente no entre-lugar da escola pública, tomando o incômodo e as tensões da prática como disparadores para deslocar certezas, aproximar teorias e práticas e construir caminhos coletivos com professores e crianças.

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Thais Malagoli Coordinator