Hey David, Richard, Luke - I did it! We now have our own discussion group! Let me know if you have any trouble getting in. Invite other members on board. ...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 9, 2000 6:12 pm
Just for the record I am going to post the replies I sent to a) Luke and b) David. feel free to post the message you sent me - or edited versions of them. (1st...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 9, 2000 6:19 pm
I had to substitute an upper int class at about the same time as I was prearing the Dogme article, and this is what I did(more or less) Teaching without...
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David French
david@...
Mar 10, 2000 12:15 pm
This is to Luke and Scott. I did my certificate in TESOL in 1988 and a diploma called the Dip TEO from CELSE at Manchester University in 1991. For the last 6...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Mar 10, 2000 4:25 pm
Hi Scott, Hi David - and anyone else out there! All of this is very interesting, and a number of things occur to me that I'll note down without waiting to put...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 11, 2000 10:18 pm
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sthornbury@...
Mar 11, 2000 10:18 pm
In response to Luke's latest posting: The Open Space idea is new to me and interested me a lot. I'm not sure if I have it clearly though. What exactly happens...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 11, 2000 10:18 pm
In response to Davidis last posting: Just a bit of bio stuff. My background is mainly in TT - Certificate and, more recently, Diploma. I have also been...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 11, 2000 10:23 pm
(I'm re-sending this because it seems to have gone out as an attachment) THE ROARING IN THE CHIMNEY (The following extract comes from Teacher (first published...
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David French
david@...
Mar 13, 2000 11:55 am
I said that about dogma but I think we understand each other. Anyway the word 'dogme' doesn't have the same connotations for me, it looks like something to do...
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David French
david@...
Mar 13, 2000 2:51 pm
"And when a child wants to read he can pick up a book with his own hands and struggle through it. The removal of effort and denying to the child of its right...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 13, 2000 9:46 pm
Apropos of David's comments about mixed levels, I came across this in the teachers books I referred to yesterday (the daft past simple game) - advice that...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Mar 14, 2000 9:38 am
Good morning! Some thoughts on encounters that made me stop and think over the years. One was seeing a presentation by Jimmie Hill, Michael Lewis' colleague at...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Mar 14, 2000 9:45 am
I'l provide some more background on Open Space - but while I'm on the computer, it occurs to me that it might be fun to run a one-day conference, using Open...
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David French
david@...
Mar 14, 2000 3:35 pm
Excellent idea about the Open Space conference, but I might have to join in virtually, as I haven't got any plans to be in England for a while. By the way, the...
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Karl Kaliski
kkaliski@...
Mar 14, 2000 6:57 pm
Dear all, I've just signed up to the group so hello to you all. This is just to say that if the quality of Luke's humour is typical of what's in store I'm very...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 14, 2000 10:13 pm
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David French
david@...
Mar 15, 2000 2:57 pm
... I think this exchange was more about the process of questioning what is going on in the classroom and the ability of people to communicate what they need...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 16, 2000 1:36 pm
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Mar 17, 2000 3:13 pm
What an experience to be learning all this stuff every day. Re. random input and using what the students can do to help them learn what they can't yet do. I do...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 19, 2000 6:02 pm
Really want to reply to David's and Luke's latest offerings, but too busy preparing Dublin talk. In the meantime, two fairly Dogme-ish lessons that I've...
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David French
david@...
Mar 20, 2000 11:12 am
Thank you for those suggestions. Good luck, Scott, with your preparations. When are you heading off for the conference? David...
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Scott Thornbury
sthornbury@...
Mar 20, 2000 11:39 am
david french <davi-@...> wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/dogme/?start=22 ... for the conference? ... I'm off to TESOL Madrid...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Mar 20, 2000 12:29 pm
Hi Scott, David and other members Yes, enjoy the conferences, Scott. I'm sorry not to be going to Dublin but maybe school finances will allow this next year -...
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David French
david@...
Mar 20, 2000 2:28 pm
Yes, let 'em know. Would it be good to have some kind of synthesis of what we have been discussing for new members to read? Bye the way I wanted to ask if the...
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David French
david@...
Mar 20, 2000 3:36 pm
I wrote something out at home and then brought the wrong floppy to work, so I'll try and reconstruct it. I want to refer to the conversation class I have with...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 20, 2000 4:09 pm
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sthornbury@...
Mar 20, 2000 4:09 pm
... yes, if you click on the line that says "Double-click....etc" that will take you to the www site, and then you click on Messages. It might be quite a good...
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sthornbury@...
Mar 20, 2000 10:07 pm
(just checked this on the www site and it wouldn't open so I'm sending it again) As promised, here is the synopsis of my Dublin talk: Deconstructing Grammar ...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Mar 21, 2000 10:52 am
Good news about the resume. I think a resume is going to be essential or new members ... I went through all our correspondence on Friday to try and pull stuff...
