Dear Sirs I would like to join TDSIG Yahoo Group as I am very much interested in the issues of TD especially in the context of Legal English. My post doctoral...
Free Printables for Reluctant Boy Writers/Readers in ELL, Literacy Classes From `Your Life in Comics' by Bill Zimmerman of MakeBeliefsComix.com Dear...
Dear Bill Zimmerman, I'm very sorry that I know nothing about reluctant boy writers cum readers in ELL or Literacy classes. I don't even know the meaning of...
Dear Pauline, The free printables available from Your Life in Comics would be useful resources for teachers or teachers-to-be who are looking for resources...
Searching the Cambridge CELTA syllabus for `culture', I discover the following. Unit 1 Learners and teachers and the teaching and learning context 1.1...
Hi Darren Would you mind if I republished your message on the official TDSIG blog? We can also spread the word via our Facebook page and Twitter feed. Regards ...
Dear Darren, Thinking back to the dim and distant past when I did the RSA Diploma in TEFLA, our trainer always talked of our students' "knowledge of the world"...
Dear Mark, I'm utterly amazed to see that members of this group are discussing an official TDSIG blog, plus a Facebook page and a Twitter feed. Why have I...
The blog, Facebook page and Twitter are free and open to all - you don't even have to be a member of the SIG or IATEFL for that matter. Here are the links: ...
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Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Feb 4, 2011 6:34 pm
Pauline, NEST (Native English Speaking Teacher) as opposed to NNEST (non- native). Acronyms used by Medgyes Peter in a book he wrote back in the early 1990s. ...
Dear Pauline, Further to Adrian's comments, I'd like to sympathise and offer a couple of more suggestions. Yes, you're right, the costs of attending an...
Dear Adrian, Thank you for your explanation of the acronym NEST - in my days it was native speaker versus non-native speaker. I'm not lying when I say that...
Dear Karen, I am so grateful for your sympathy. I absolutely love coming to the IATEFL conference and believe, like yourself, that it is THE conference to...
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Adrian Tennant
adrian.tennant@...
Feb 4, 2011 10:08 pm
Hi Pauline, Certainly, if I went to see my doctor and they told me the last training they'd done was 17 years ago and they didn't feel that it was necessary to...
I just wanted to respond to Pauline's original comments on the thread I started about cultural training for initial teacher trainees, and the direction it...
Searching the Cambridge CELTA syllabus for `culture', I discover the following. Unit 1 ELearners and teachers and the teaching and learning context ... ...
Hi Darren, 'Culture' comes up in assessment criteria for the written assignments and teaching practice in Celta courses: Assignments: One of the four written...
Thanks Martin, a comprehensive response, and plenty of little nuggets to chew on. It's interesting that you mention many trainees in NZ do not have plans to...
Hi Darren Our Trinity CertTESOL courses do not include specific input on culture. In Prague and Barcelona trainees are expected to develop sensitivity to the ...
Hi Duncan, Your courses may not have specific cultural input, but in the same way as doing the cert in Prague is an enriching thrown-in-the-deep-end cultural...
I'd stress focus on getting teachers like us to study their own cultural attitudes, unquestioned assumptions. It's a life-long process. AUTOETHNOGRAPHY can...
As a teacher trainer on the CertTESOL course in Barcelona, I can back up Karen's comments on the indirect cultural awareness raising that takes place on these...
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Juliet du Mont
julietdumont@...
Feb 10, 2011 5:27 pm
Hi All, I tend to agree with Duncans comment regarding the value of learning on the job and how this must relate to sensitivity to cultural issues. It is a...
Thanks everyone, for the thoughtful replies. Sorry I haven't been back to respond before now. A couple of interesting directions occur to me from reading your...
Dear TDSIG members* I'd like to draw your attention to a couple of new features which I've recently introduced over at TDSIG.org. First of all, there's a...
Dear Mark, Thanks for telling me about this new feature. I've just looked at your 'membership map' and seen that you have all of three members. I tried to add ...
Hi Pauline Thanks for checking out the membership map - yes, I know, there are only a few people who've added their location, but I'm hoping more will follow....
Dear Pauline Thank you for replying to Mark's post. I find what you wrote quite alarming - you say you've only received one newsletter from TD SIG since you've...
