Dave wrote: -Around 1980 Professor Li at the Guangzhou University -of Foreign Studies introduced the communicative -approach to China. It caused no small stir ...
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karenstanleyma
Nov 1, 2003 9:52 pm
... I think the text Sheila is talking about is: Larsen-Freeman, Diane (2000) Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching, 2nd ed. Oxford University Press,...
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Frank Doonan
shunyadragon
Nov 2, 2003 5:16 am
There is still a great deal of misunderstanding of the CLT method and the teaching of grammar. Grammar must be taught in any method for it to be an effective...
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Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Nov 2, 2003 5:17 am
... I can hook you up with Ellen, a 30-yr-experienced ESL teacher who has been doing mostly middle school work, but is now the kinder foreign teacher at...
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Sheila Cornelius
sheilacornuk@...
Nov 2, 2003 5:18 am
... Please also remember ... CLT approaches to foreign language teaching were already in place in the seventies in England, when comprehensive secondary...
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Annie Zhao
anniezhao30@...
Nov 2, 2003 12:44 pm
Hi YJ, "the real battleground is early childhood language learning. Here is where the rubber meets theroad. Here is where good and bad habits are formed." I...
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Mike Maas
docmaas
Nov 2, 2003 12:53 pm
For those of you who are teaching in an institute where re- enrollment in a second course after the first is voluntary what are your approximate re-enrollment...
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Tony Lee
leesinchina
Nov 2, 2003 2:46 pm
... probably more than would come back for those other favourites - Math, Computer ("C" language - Woohoo!), politics, Philosophy, PE,and Chinese if the...
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yj Chang
yjc991@...
Nov 2, 2003 2:47 pm
You said in your message I quote: "The CLT system of teaching language includes memorization of vocabulary and phrases, flash cards, learning grammar rules and...
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Steve
stephenajenkins@...
Nov 2, 2003 3:39 pm
This is still a problem I have with most of my classes. They respond only to the textbook questions and then with only the textbook answers. I try to get them...
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T.Osser
armitage_shanks_23@...
Nov 2, 2003 6:10 pm
MODERATOR NOTE: As tempting as it will be to elaborate on different versions of the remedy below, could we limit contributions to this (TEACH) list to...
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alan
sningbo@...
Nov 2, 2003 10:59 pm
Steve, I often say "how's it going", the response can be "going to the W. C."! Students don't really believe me when I tell them it's only in China that W. C...
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leesinchina
Nov 3, 2003 2:08 am
I stumbled upon this article this morning while spending (too much) time surfing the net for news items to use as stimulus material in my Oral English classes...
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leesinchina
Nov 3, 2003 2:09 am
Alan wrote: Steve, I often say "how's it going", the response can be "going to the W. C."! Students don't really believe me when I tell them it's only in China...
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Tony Lee
leesinchina
Nov 3, 2003 11:53 am
... respond ... answers. ... just ... It would be interesting to secretly observe us native speakers and find out what our conditioned responses are. I would...
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Steve
stephenajenkins@...
Nov 3, 2003 11:55 am
My students definitely know I am crazy. I have hit my head on the wall, blackboard, desk, etc. which they all find hilarious. I have taught them to say "I am...
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yj Chang
yjc991@...
Nov 3, 2003 4:18 pm
Michael, I am glad you have spent most of your time thinking about the best way to teach English to Chinese children, Pls read up the following as some foods...
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Nancy Buswell
nancybuswell
Nov 3, 2003 4:23 pm
MODERATOR NOTE: Most of the time, we ask posters who send jokes to the list to send them to LIFE. But: since this joke really deals directly with the impact...
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Michael Butler
redsable50
Nov 3, 2003 4:56 pm
YJ Chang has asked some important questions about children's language learning. I have personally observed that immersion programs (an exemplar of what Mr....
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john pullen
j_pullen@...
Nov 3, 2003 10:26 pm
Very nicely said Michael. It leaves us with lots more to contemplate than just grammar and CLT, or whatever it is. Steve - Don't give up on the rest of the...
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paul from oz
peterdotcomy2k
Nov 4, 2003 12:25 am
... there are rules of conversation that n/s use, particularly when it comes to formalities. for instance, why would you expect your students , when greeting...
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Willboots@...
Nov 4, 2003 1:48 am
Although I have had extensive experience at China Univ. teaching all at one location, I have no knowledge of how the Chinese school system declares its' class...
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Jamal Nasser
a_laowai
Nov 4, 2003 2:30 am
YJ: In fact, this is nature's only way to acquire language until linguists come along impose a lot of methods and different ways on people or students making...
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Sheila Cornelius
sheilacornuk@...
Nov 4, 2003 2:32 am
I agree. Besides,all I can manage by way of greeting/response in Chinese is 'Ni hao?' or as a signal I want to chat,to someone I know, 'Zenme yang?' and it...
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leesinchina
Nov 4, 2003 2:42 am
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dk
davkees
Nov 4, 2003 11:24 am
Interesting article about Japan's new English teaching plan. In some ways we can look at the situation there to get ideas about things China may try. Excerpt: ...
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yj Chang
yjc991@...
Nov 4, 2003 11:26 am
James: According to my research, students with interest in reading/web-chatting in English tend to speak far ... Yes, James I'm glad you're interested in this...
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dk
davkees
Nov 4, 2003 11:27 am
As told by H.D.Brown, In his The Art of Learning and Studying Foreign Languages (1880), Francois Gouin described a painful set of experiences that finally led...
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lidia
lidi2002bg
Nov 4, 2003 3:32 pm
Dear fellow-listers, I have been reading very carefully all posts about L2 learning methods lately and have learned a lot from these. I would only like to...
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willmcculloch
Nov 4, 2003 9:07 pm
Hello This is just a quick message to let you know about a new "Vocabulary Development Strategies Discussion Group" that I hope you might like to join. The...
