Good evening "Time Outers"! Long time away from here, we had too many classes to teach, a wedding and honeymoon...but now we are back to work and you can expect some great posts here at Time Out! This first one in May is dedicated to something really important: our new logo! We have decided to develop a new identity to our blog and business and today you will have the chance to discover it, take a look:

What do you think? Cool right? I hope you all liked it and we expect you to visit us whenever we post here ok? Keep in touch and remember: Time Out is open 24/7 to make you learn English! Cheers!!!!!!

Gustavo Caldas Brito
Time Out Coordinator

TIME OUT wants you!

As we have announced before, TIME OUT CTS - Cooperative Teaching System is looking for new partners, TEACHERs willing to earn better per class, TEACHERs looking for an opportunity to work with state-of-art material, TEACHERs willing to run away from bosses who don't give a damn about how they feel.
If you are one of these TEACHERs, come on, contact us, submit your CV, we will call you and schedule a meeting to check if TIME OUT is for you and if YOU are for TIME OUT! Write now
thetimeoutproject2011@gmail.com


JOIN us!

TIME OUT NEWS: Cooperative teaching system is now official!

Good morning guys!!!!
We have some big news for you:


Cooperative Teaching System


it is so interesting and so important to us
that I'm going to explain it in PORTUGUESE:
Enquanto autor e coordenador do projeto TIME OUT,
conto com mais de 15 alunos particulares estudando INGLÊS e FRANCÊS. Meus horários disponíveis já não são muitos, ainda assim continuo recebendo pedidos de alunos querendo aulas (o que é maravilhoso). Por isso tive que criar um sistema para me ajudar a acolher os novos alunos no projeto TIME OUT, e isso incluiria outros professores! Convidei então meu antigo co-autor aqui no blog e amigo, Sann Wyll. Ele me passou a disponibilidade dele e passei a indicar alunos que não poderia receber. O trato é funciona de maneira simples: Pra cada aluno que indico a ele, recebo um percentual na hora/aula que ele recebe. Para cada aluno que ele me indica, ele recebe um percentual na hora/aula que recebo. Cruzando nossos horários disponíveis e maximizando as chances de receber novos alunos, criamos uma forma de incluir cada vez mais estudantes no TIME OUT!
Mais professores foram convidados, então aproveito a oportunidade para apresentá-los:


SANN WYLL

Former TIME OUT co-author
Wise Up teacher
Years of experience living in the USA
Great charisma and amazing teaching
skills with teens and adults.










LETÍCIA MAZZELLI

Wise Up teacher
LEMEC teacher
Bzone teacher
Very experienced teaching kids and adults,
she also teaches german.














LUIZA MOTA

Former Brasas teacher
Wise Up teacher
Many years living abroad (all over the world!)
Very skilled teacher and ready to roll teaching all levels!




Se você é professor e também tem dificuldades para encontrar horário disponível para dar aula, não perca seus alunos, traga-os para o TIME OUT! Eles ganham, você ganha e nós também!
JOIN US!
JOIN the Cooperative Teaching System!
O percentual é igual para todos, sem distinções!!!


Cheers

OLD HABITS vs PRESENT HABITS

I know, I know...this blog was updated more regularly.
I have to admit that, 2012 brought me too much work and less time to communicate with you here.
I used to post like, two, three times a week, with my own videos or with Fran and Sann, but now I'm more used to working and preparing classes. Present Habits beat Old Habits!
Since we are talking about that, let's explore the subject in a proper way:
Check out this video:

Axl uses the expression "Used to"in this song to express an OLD HABIT, can you feel that?
OLD HABITS are thing you did with a certain frequency but now you don't, because of many reasons...got it? When we want to give emphasis to past regular activities or past routine, we have to go with USED TO. To be even more specific about it, let me introduce you to the common sentence structure in this case:


SUBJECT + USED TO + ANY VERB + OBJECT
He used to love her


Now, if you want to give emphasis to PRESENT HABITS, you should also go with USED TO. However, the sentence construction needs to be DIFFERENT. In order to express present regular activities or present routine, pay attention to the structure below:


SUBJECT + TO BE + USED TO + VERB (ING) + OBJECT
She is used to drinking vodka
They are used to going by car
I am used to teaching at night


Got it? Doubts? Suggestions?
Why don't you send us a message or leave a comment,
we will love to read and answer!
Cheers
ps: I promisse we'll fly back to the old habit of posting twice a week


GUSTAVO CALDAS BRITO             

THE TIME OUT PROJECT is PROUD TO PRESENT...

Hello guys!
Today I am here to introduce two new products from THE TIME OUT PROJECT:

THE TIME OUT LAB: It is our official TWITTER and a new space in which I am going to post about UNORTHODOX english teaching methods and INNOVATIVE learning techniques!
Just follow us: @TIMEOUTLAB

THE TIME OUT TEXT SHOP: It is our new blog, focused on WRITTEN DISCOURSE, for BASIC, INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED students who wish to learn new techniques or perfect skills and strategies! You can send us 1 text per week, we correct it for FREE!
www.timeouttextshop.blogspot.com






I hope you liked the news
Follow us!!!


Have Fun!

STILL ON VACATIONS...but WORKING!

Hello TIME OUT people!
Your author, the one who is writing now, is still on VACATIONS,
but working like a dog!
We've got big news for you:
THE TIME OUT LAB! Our new TWITTER page, check it out:
https://twitter.com/#!/thetimeoutlab

Esse será nosso novo espaço de inovação e experimentação!!!!
Vou deixar dicas de aulas diferentes, de estratégias diferentes,
para alunos e para professores de línguas, não só do inglês mas do francês também!


Espero que gostem!!!
Mais breve do que vocês pensam minhas férias acabam e o 
TIME OUT PROJECT volta com tudo!!!!


FOLLOW US! TWITTER & BLOG!


Cheers


Gustavo Caldas Brito

SHORT BREAK FOR BIG COMEBACK!

Hi everyone!
I hope Christmas and New Year have treated you well!
This is 2012 now, according to Mayas, the END is near, but not for us here at THE TIME OUT PROJECT! Meanwhile, check out this awesome R.E.M song...try to sing with the Band, I dare you...

We are gonna take a very short break, kind of vacations for the Author, so We can comeback in Full Throttle Mode!
See you next MONDAY with a NEW VIDEO from the CHRONICLES...You'll love it!
Cheers
Gustavo Brito