Well november came and went . Falling leaves they call it in Czech. Thanks to those who contributed in October. I particularly enjoyed the link on...
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Julie Tamblin
julietamblin@...
Dec 1, 2008 5:11 pm
Maybe we could have a debate on 'What is the biggest challenge facing us all?' This may bring out some interesting points of view... Julie Learn English in...
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Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
Dec 2, 2008 1:53 pm
I think Mojca's suggestion a good one! Juliet To: TDSIG@...: duncan@...: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 16:23:32 +0000Subject: [TDSIG] December...
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duncanfoord
Dec 2, 2008 3:54 pm
Thanks to Julie again for offering us a splendid title. I have invited the TD SIG committee to post a response to get things going. I'm sure they will have...
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duncanfoord
Dec 2, 2008 4:31 pm
The Discussion List has been quiet since our last newsletter. Some hot debate pre summer, followed by a summer break and then, well, the leaves fell in...
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Colin Mackenzie
tontojeddu
Dec 2, 2008 8:54 pm
Hello All I find this one really hard to answer, in fact so hard that I misread it as "What's the biggest challenge facing you?" which is much easier to...
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Allison Bill
allison_bill1
Dec 2, 2008 11:10 pm
I think the biggest challenge in my context (EFL in Asia, particularly in South Korea) is getting students to believe in themselves. Even after more than 8...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 3, 2008 2:11 am
I am in a similar situation as Allison. In Thailand, students arrive at university after completing eight years of English language education. Thai law states...
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Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
Dec 3, 2008 9:27 am
I think the question we are answering has, in fact, become ‘what is the biggest challenge we are facing as individual teachers’. In light of the broader...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 3, 2008 4:15 pm
Hi all from Las Vegas Juliet, I guess if you sold the idea of TPR to Asians as a form of tai chi, it would be fine . and in fact a slow motion TPR could...
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dominic mccabe
dominicxx2002
Dec 3, 2008 4:32 pm
Overthrow a capitalist system predicated on the nonsense of individual heroes and heroines carving out their destiny on the plains of the western prairie move...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 3, 2008 5:18 pm
Couldn’t agree more Dominic …. I hated being part of this in Hong Kong … system starts as early as Primary 1 (6 years old) with 4 tests/year which are...
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dominic mccabe
dominicxx2002
Dec 3, 2008 9:39 pm
You see the things is that I would go for the imaginative, learner and learning centred assessment strategies I often read about on the ylsig list (mainly from...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 3, 2008 10:14 pm
But as we know Dominic reality is something quite different (L L very sadly ….) … which is why understanding contextual constraints are crucial for...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 3, 2008 11:49 pm
Wendy, What about the non native speakers of English who are the teachers in one of the countries we have been discussing? What if they decide that it is all...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 4, 2008 12:15 am
Hi there .. Steve I was referring to non-native teachers L . for the older ones, they've seen so many education cycles/reforms and taken so many knocks, they...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 4, 2008 8:05 am
I am in total agreement with Wendy, we have some very similar situations to contend with. I have started a project, "from the bottom up" where we are training...
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Pauline Johnson
paunjohnson
Dec 4, 2008 1:58 pm
I must confess that I've never joined in any of the discussions before because I wasn't sure how to go about doing so. Let's hope this e-mail arrives. ...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 4, 2008 4:28 pm
Hi there Steve, you're def. up for the challenge! But be warned it takes time to develop the trust of the people you work with . one-day wonders who zap down ...
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Pauline Johnson
paunjohnson
Dec 4, 2008 5:04 pm
Having plucked up enough courage to join in the discussion earlier this afternoon, I’m having another go. My greatest challenge is a) coping with the fact...
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Bill Templer
bill_templer
Dec 6, 2008 12:22 am
Seems we'd agree part of the malaise is the brutal tyranny of grading. Here some alternatives that are not just ‘utopian’:...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 6, 2008 12:33 pm
Bill, Thanks very much for your helpful advice. I am looking through the information contained on the websites as I am writing this, having already spoken to...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 7, 2008 1:20 am
Wendy, You are right. It took me four years before anyone realised that I existed where I work. It will obviously take longer outside of the province; however,...
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Bill Templer
bill_templer
Dec 7, 2008 1:48 am
  Thanks for input, Steve. Regarding networking, one focus I have tried to get our graduate students into at U Malaya is LOT, Lives of Teachers narrative...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 7, 2008 2:18 am
Bill, I have already looked at your article when I was researching for a paper I was writing some time ago. I have found in Thailand that teachers and...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 7, 2008 4:09 pm
Hiya One thing that works really well is to co-present/train and then you are shadowing a national who just might take the ideas and run with them . which ...
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Wendy
wendyahk
Dec 7, 2008 4:12 pm
HI Bill long time no read . Wendy ex-Hong Kong, now just about to be ex-Las Vegas J I can see that a journal/blog for teachers to keep would be really useful ....
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Bill Templer
bill_templer
Dec 8, 2008 1:33 am
Steve, your data in Siam can be worked up into an article or two. Could be submitted to various journals. TEACHER TRAINER http://www.tttjournal.co.uk/ is...
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Julie Tamblin
julietamblin@...
Dec 8, 2008 4:44 pm
I find that learning about the perspectives of others across the world can be startling and it keeps me on my toes. Sometimes I am amazed how similar the...
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Steve Graham
shed_chelsea
Dec 9, 2008 12:23 pm
Bill, I subscribe to the Teacher Trainer and I think you're right, there isn't much else about which focuses on teacher development (apart from our very own...
