Dear All Attending conferences is not the problem of poor economies but it is the problem of poor community of teachers in every country. There are already a...
713
M. Iqbal
iqbaldhudhra
Apr 5, 2008 8:59 am
EDUCATION – ITS ORIGINS & IDEALS It has been commonly presumed, because of our Time-limited historical memory as recorded mainly by hierarchical...
714
duncanfoord
Apr 23, 2008 3:43 pm
Hello My name is Duncan Foord. I am the new co-ordinator for this discussion group. I have put a photo in, well, photos. I have been a teacher and teacher...
715
Nik Peachey
nik.peachey@...
Apr 24, 2008 9:06 am
Hi All It seems like quite a time since my last one of these and it certainly has been a busy month. Anyway here are links to new articles, tips and tutorials...
716
duncanfoord
Apr 24, 2008 9:18 am
Thanks Nick Some very useful stuff here. I liked the You tube clips for teenagers in particular Duncan ... has been a busy month. ... thatfocuses...
717
Nik Peachey
nik.peachey@...
Apr 24, 2008 10:00 am
Thanks Duncan Glad you liked the videos. It's an insight into a fascinating world, but also amazing examples of how narrative can be developed using very...
718
Julie Tamblin
julietamblin@...
Apr 24, 2008 10:18 pm
Hello Duncan, Thank you for inviting ideas about teacher development. In view of the present global crisis, I am interested in the role of teachers as global...
719
Bill Templer
bill_templer
Apr 25, 2008 9:41 am
Nik mentions something on teen life worlds, psychological problems. I think teachers who work mainly with teens need to incorporate such materials in the...
720
duncanfoord
Apr 25, 2008 10:35 am
Thanks for this Julie I think this would be a good question to open up for discussion. The final plenary IATEFL was on the theme of English peace studies which...
721
Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Apr 25, 2008 10:41 am
Hi Duncan, A good starting point might be to get people to watch Radmila Popovic's plenary from IATEFL on the Exeter Online website. Adrian ... From:...
723
duncanfoord
Apr 25, 2008 12:16 pm
I thought it could be a good idea to have a weekly discussion topic. Lets try. Here is the topic for the first week, suggested by Julie Tamblin from Cornwall,...
724
duncanfoord
Apr 25, 2008 12:17 pm
Sorry I meant April 25th of course ... topic. ... post ... at ... for...
725
Julie Tamblin
julietamblin@...
Apr 26, 2008 12:03 pm
Hello again Duncan, I was privileged to hear Radmila Popovic speak at Exeter. She really reached the parts..... Now I am wondering what the silence in relation...
726
duncanfoord
Apr 28, 2008 9:03 am
Perhaps it makes a difference whether you are a teacher of asults or young learners. With adults there can be a consensus about what topics are covered and how...
727
duncanfoord
Apr 28, 2008 9:09 am
Radmilla Popovic I mean Sorry. Is there no edit function on this. I'm beginning to sound like Boris Johnson ... or ... teachers ... Julie ... If ... weekend) ...
728
Duncan Foord
duncanfoord
Apr 28, 2008 9:13 am
Hi Julie Don’t take it personally. This forum seems to have been very quiet for some time now. Your contribution is greatly appreciated and it is a very ...
729
Duncan Foord
duncanfoord
Apr 28, 2008 9:22 am
Hi Adrian Do you fancy posting something on the discussion to help get it going, would be greatly appreciated Duncan _____ De: TDSIG@yahoogroups.com...
730
Julie Tamblin
julietamblin@...
Apr 28, 2008 9:28 am
Thanks Duncan. I get curious ........and I know that we are all busy++. Julie ... From: Duncan Foord To: TDSIG@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008...
731
Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Apr 28, 2008 7:10 pm
Julie wrote: - I think that as teachers of the English language we are in a particular role of responsibility and we are uniquely situated to raise awareness...
732
Julie Tamblin
julietamblin@...
Apr 29, 2008 9:41 am
Adrian and others, I am interested to know what your moral stance would be about informing students about this petition and inviting them to sign and pass on? ...
733
Hali
halibrewer
Apr 29, 2008 12:57 pm
Hello, Julie. When these things come in from Avaaz or other petitions, I often sign them myself, but do not show them to students unless I know they are...
734
kfchoong@...
Apr 30, 2008 4:05 am
I could not agree more with Adrian. Our role as teachers is to facilitate or assist in developing the capacity to think about or to reason out real life...
735
Halima Brewer
halibrewer
Apr 30, 2008 6:39 am
Avaaz is a campaigning organisation which I support. BUT it is at the level of campaign where really you must already have at least some awareness. I do not...
736
Simon Gill
pangill2001
Apr 30, 2008 9:54 am
I’ve read the posts so far with interest and have to say that I too am not altogether comfortable with the original statement that “I think that as...
737
cmitsaki
Apr 30, 2008 2:17 pm
Many of us were in Radmilla's talk but I don't know to what extent most of us can take this away from the emotional and put it it the sphere of the...
738
Halima Brewer
halibrewer
Apr 30, 2008 5:55 pm
I agree with you. I worked in both Spain, a modern, Western country with lively political debate everywhere, and China, where political debate was expressly...
739
Bill Templer
bill_templer
May 1, 2008 9:52 am
Simon, if I were in Olomouc, for starters I might try to include the problem of the Roma population in my classes, and encourage students to get involved in...
740
Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
May 1, 2008 11:07 am
Julie, A personal moral stance or one about introducing it in the classroom? As for the petition. This is a good example of something where only a particular...
741
McMorrow, Martin
stgilesteach...
May 2, 2008 7:52 am
Whilst I can sympathise with Bill Templer's wish to raise awareness of the issue of Roma in a teacher training course, I don't feel this approach would...
742
Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
May 2, 2008 6:18 pm
No, more like George Bush! Juliet To: TDSIG@yahoogroups.com From: duncan@... Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:09:09 +0000 Subject: [TDSIG] Re: "Discussion...
