The Triple Entente in Brazil

Abstract

This chapter aims to discuss the current scenario of Brazilian English language professional development opportunities through the lens of two organizations: Brazil's English Language Teachers (BrELT), an online learning community, and the Brazilian Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (BRAZ-TESOL). The third perspective of PD will be described through the role of an emerging trend in the last decade: bilingual education solutions and their ongoing mentoring programs. These three levels of PD are quite representative of what is done in Brazilian in-service training and can offer insightful lessons to other countries. BrELT symbolizes the more informal, free-adherence type of PD through an online community. BRAZ-TESOL requires a paid membership and offers more formal PD opportunities to teachers as well as the possibility of joining chapters and SIGs. Bilingual programs such as Edify make on-demand mentorship available to private school teachers who adopt the program.