Dear All, Even though we may be proficient users of the English language, not many of us have the benefit of learning all the rules of the English language. It...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 11, 2005 3:30 pm
Dear colleagues Happy New Year to everybody and welcome back to the TD list. I'm piecing together a schedule for fielded discussions for the next few months...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 11, 2005 3:32 pm
Dear all On a more sombre note than my recent last message, please find below a message from Peter Grundy, IATEFL President, about the recent tragic events in...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 17, 2005 10:58 am
Dear all I came across the following article on the web 'TEACHER DEVELOPMENT: Awareness, reflection and sharing' by Graciela Miller de Arechaga (apologies to...
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b.wilkinson@...
unst1975
Jan 18, 2005 3:23 pm
Thanks, Graham, for the interesting insights from Graciela Miller de Arechaga. The models for teacher training are fairly well known, but sometimes are not...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 19, 2005 6:24 am
Hi Bob (and Graham) I found your comments on TD interesting and thanks for clarifying the different approaches. (And I loved your use of the Irish transitive ...
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Ranivoarisoa Aimée...
ranivoarivir...
Jan 19, 2005 7:16 am
Hi Jenny, Hi everyone! Thanks for your interesting expanation . I find teaching a language is a complex attitude depending mainly on the learner's...
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Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
Jan 19, 2005 4:33 pm
Hi Jenny - I have just enjoyed reading your comment. I would like to add that I think what you (and Julian) say about having a starting point/'acceptance of...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 19, 2005 7:07 pm
Hi Juliet, Do you think that when we become more centred as people this balance is reflected in our teaching? Alan Maley (1993) says: " Teachers need to find...
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colin mackenzie
colinfrance
Jan 19, 2005 9:27 pm
Hi All I agree with Juliet when she says There is a moment when you feel 'Well, I am who I am ... '. It comes back to not being able to do anything that is...
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b.wilkinson@...
unst1975
Jan 19, 2005 10:03 pm
Hi Jenny and everybody I liked your emphasis on the transformational learning, the fact that people change through their experiences, but change in varying...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 20, 2005 4:43 pm
Dear all I'm catching up on recent messages, but what I've found interesting is that, if my memory serves me correctly, concepts are cropping up in this ...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 20, 2005 5:45 pm
Hi All, I guess the question of how we create a safe learning environment is basic to all developing/ learning whether it be at the institutional or personal...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 21, 2005 2:08 pm
Dear all Just to remind you of the following event organised by TD SIG in conjunction with the Global Issues SIG Event Title: 'Empowerment through Development,...
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Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
Jan 21, 2005 10:35 pm
Hi Jenny and All - I´ve been mulling your question for a couple of days Jenny. Yes, I think inevitably that centredness as a person must reflect in one´s...
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jennydesonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 23, 2005 1:43 pm
Dear All, Perhaps to go off on another tangent, but yet to return to the original posting by Graham on 17 Jan., he says: "(The/A) Reflective Model can tend to...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 24, 2005 7:15 pm
Dear all Jenny's excitement at the Breen and Littlejohn book reminds me of a phrase I once came across (I can't remember where) and which I've always liked -...
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Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Jan 24, 2005 8:10 pm
... preplanned syllabus was meeting their learning ... lessons and the learning process etc, ... Two weeks ago the college where I do some p/t teaching had an...
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Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
Jan 25, 2005 1:52 pm
Good for ´awkward sods´!! Juliet ... _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger!...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 25, 2005 5:36 pm
It makes you question the OFSTED inspection requirements! Surely effective courses can only be based on the level of the students ( and diagnostic tests don't...
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Ranivoarisoa Aimée...
ranivoarivir...
Jan 26, 2005 6:43 am
Dear all, Starting with individual students, I have found out that it is more effective in quality and now that I have them in group, I am a bit scared of...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 26, 2005 6:53 am
Hi Virginie I think that’s a great question for the discussion group – how can we make group learning more effective? Can you tell us a bit more about your...
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David Heitler
david_heitler
Jan 26, 2005 10:49 am
Dear everyone, In answer to Virginie's question, I have found that one way of getting group ownership of negotiated syllabus content is by using some sort of...
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Graham S Hall
grahaminthebay
Jan 26, 2005 1:44 pm
Dear all I do something very similar to David, but I often give students a (wide) range of options to prompt them/help them focus (it includes the category ...
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David Heitler
david_heitler
Jan 27, 2005 5:21 pm
Dear everyone, Yes I do give my students a blank sheet - although it is surprising how often the same issues, or kinds of issues, come up. The problem for me...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Jan 29, 2005 6:25 am
Dear David, I think your idea of the blank cards is great! So if I try to summarise, by “metaplan” you mean that first you ask the students to define for...
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ingrid.guertler@...
Jan 29, 2005 10:02 am
Dear Jenny, David, I have just one little idea to add to this kind of syllabus negociation. In an advanced class of motivated learners the actual sorting,...
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Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Jan 29, 2005 11:07 am
... In ... teacher ... to ... Why only Advanced classes (and why only motivated? - surely this is a way of motivating students?) Adrian ... [Non-text portions...
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ingrid.guertler@...
Jan 29, 2005 1:14 pm
Basically I agree completely with Adrian. I just had one or two particular classes in mind when I wrote my little contribution. Also, with some kinds of...
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Jenny de Sonneville
jennydesonne...
Feb 4, 2005 7:24 am
Hi Juliet and All Returning to the discussion on Awareness. I would say then that I think awareness is essential for development - but that I think reflecting...
