ELT in Brazil

Stop hiding behind coursebooks. Start teaching authentic, responsive, and conversation-driven lessons.

The Challenge of Traditional Teaching

Tired of your lessons being dictated by a pre-written script? Do you feel like you’re just ‘delivering content’ instead of building a real connection? Can’t stand another lesson where students’ real questions are pushed aside for “the plan”?

It’s time for a change.

Traditional, materials-heavy teaching often leads to artificial lessons and students who feel unheard. You deserve a more flexible way to teach, and your students deserve a more authentic way to learn.

The Solution: The DOGME ELT Approach

This is your opportunity to learn a proven, “unplugged” methodology that will elevate your skills and boost your teaching career.

In this four-module course, you will learn how to:

• Facilitate dynamic, conversation-led lessons that are truly learner-centered.
• Move past generic materials and build engaging lessons from the language that emerges in the room.
• Confidently harness emergent language and turn spontaneous moments into powerful learning opportunities.
• Deliver responsive, student-centered lessons that keep your learners motivated and talking.

What You Will Learn:

Module 1: Theoretical Underpinnings that Support Dogme ELT
Dive into the theory and research that support this ‘teaching unplugged’ approach. Understand the pedagogical principles that empower you to teach effectively with minimal materials.

Module 2: What is Dogme ELT?
Get to the heart of the movement. Explore its core principles and discover how it re-centers the lesson on the learners and the authentic, real-time communication that happens in the classroom.

Module 3: What Does a Dogme Lesson Look Like?
Explore the practical skills of facilitating a Dogme lesson. Learn how to structure a conversation-driven session and ensure maximum student participation without a textbook.

Module 4: How to Deal with Emergent Language
Discover how to effectively identify, respond to, and build upon the language that naturally emerges from your students, turning spontaneous moments into powerful learning opportunities.

Why take this course?

This course isn’t about giving you more worksheets. It’s about empowering you to become a true facilitator and a genuinely responsive teacher.

By the end, you will have the skills to:

• Charge higher rates for specialized, conversation-focused teaching.
• Attract dedicated students who are serious about achieving real fluency.
• Teach based on proven principles of Second Language Acquisition.
• Feel confident and liberated knowing you can teach a great lesson anytime, anywhere, with no prep.
• Bury the rigid lesson plan.

Are you ready to teach unplugged?

Enroll now and let’s get to it!

Live sessions on January 5, 6, 7, and 8 2026 from 11h to 12h (GMT-3)

All sessions will be recorded and available for 30 days.

We will also provide some suggested reading and curated videos to be explored prior to or after the live sessions.

Course Fee: 3x R$113,33 (R$340 total) – Get in touch for payment in other currencies!