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What Margareth Brings to the Team

  • Elite Teacher Training Credentials: As a certified CELTA tutor and Cambridge Examiner, she brings the highest standards of language teaching methodology and assessment.

  • A Scientific Approach to Language: A deep, evidence-based understanding of language acquisition, informed by her Ph.D. research in cognitive science, bilingualism, and the brain.

  • Dual Native Fluency and Experience: Native proficiency in both American English and Brazilian Portuguese, coupled with over two decades of experience teaching and training in both languages.

Ask Margareth About

  • The surprising connections between the brain's cognitive processes and learning a new language.

  • Her experiences living and teaching in different cultures, from Turkey to her current base in Brazil.

  • Her insights as a CELTA tutor on what truly makes an effective language teacher and a successful learner.

Dr. Margareth Perucci

English Teacher, English/Portuguese Speaker, Teacher Trainer

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a Teacher Educator and Cognitive Scientist with a Ph.D.

  • Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC) • Portuguese Language and Translation, English Language and Literature • B.A.

  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) • Applied Linguistics, Phonetics and Phonology + English Literature • M.A.

  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) • Cognitive Science, Brain and Languages • Ph.D.

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Dr. Margareth Perucci is a highly distinguished teacher educator and cognitive scientist with over 25 years of international experience in language education. As a dual American and Portuguese citizen, she is a native speaker of both English and Portuguese, offering a rare and authentic perspective in both languages. Her extensive career includes serving as a certified CELTA tutor, a Cambridge Examiner, and a Teacher Educator at universities. She specializes in advanced pedagogical approaches like Reflective Teaching and Learning (RTL) and project-based learning, training fellow educators to excel in their field.

Margareth's practical expertise is grounded in profound academic research. She holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive Science, Brain, and Languages from the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Brazil. Her doctoral research focused on bilingualism, multilingualism, and the cognitive processes of language, giving her a unique, science-backed perspective on how we learn. Currently based in Brazil, she continues to be a passionate and enthusiastic learner herself, dedicated to transforming education through a deeper understanding of the human mind.

Words to Live By

"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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