Sounds like kinky grammar to me. But probably a past infinitive and thus an adjectival use? Like burnt toast - the result of an action. ... From:...
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Tim
seabre_director
Dec 2, 2006 2:23 am
Dear Russ, In relation to using ICT in language learning it's success and usefulness will always depend on how it is used as with any other medium. There is a...
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Dafne
dygonza
Dec 2, 2006 2:52 am
Our apologies for cross-posting! Dear all, The CALL Interest Section of the international TESOL professional association is pleased to offer the opportunity to...
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Halima Brewer
halibrewer
Dec 2, 2006 3:55 am
... actually, I remember having this sort of problem teaching Spanish students who were grappling with the form of (I called it passive, but only to give it a...
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Rob Haines
romiha1
Dec 2, 2006 4:49 am
Depends on whose grammar you choose to use (e.g. Halliday's). Isn't it true that she did not order or request to have the word 'guilty' written all over her...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 2, 2006 8:40 am
Dear friends..... How many angels can dance on the point of a pin? Dennis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Dec 4, 2006 11:29 am
Not many - but ELT teachers - you'd be surprised. Is there such a thing as idiomatic grammar? Luke M ... From: dogme@yahoogroups.com...
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joel_josephson
Dec 7, 2006 9:56 pm
Next week we will be commencing a Socrates EU Lingua project called "Don’t Give Up'. This project aims to build a best practice repository to help every...
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Russell Kent
russkent321
Dec 8, 2006 8:24 pm
Dear List Members, Thank you for input. It was most useful in helping me formulate my opinion and the advice I gave to the organization contemplating spending...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 8, 2006 8:37 pm
Russ, I am sure you were right. Language laboratories must surely be a thing of the past - like typewriters. Dennis [Non-text portions of this message have...
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andetomi
Dec 11, 2006 11:10 am
Hello Kathy, I would be grateful if you could send me that extract you told me about... and sorry for my delayed response, I have been working hard and had to...
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nowilliam
Dec 11, 2006 5:17 pm
Hello, I would like to start a group with teachers who have recently qualified or intend to qualify in order to teach English to Adults (CELTA - Certificate in...
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areej alawad
awad63
Dec 11, 2006 5:21 pm
Hi Kathy, I just signed up new to this group and I liked what you wrote about this CLL course. Is it possible if I can get more information. Seems interesting....
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andetomi
Dec 15, 2006 8:18 am
Hello everybody! Just a quick message to ask you if any of you has applied dogma principles to the teaching of Spanish as a second language? Do you know anyone...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 15, 2006 9:24 am
Yes, Angela. My wife has done this, but in a 1-1 class with a 13 year old girl. Rosa, my wife, doesn't have any teaching qualificaation and no training, but we...
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Russell Kent
russkent321
Dec 15, 2006 1:22 pm
Hi Diarmuid, Did your wife gravitate naturally towards her ‘methodology’ (I use this term as I cannot think of a better one) or did you ‘coach’ her in...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 15, 2006 5:14 pm
I'd say that I coached her! I suggested ideas to her, but she made them her own. For what it's worth, she has a very natural empathy with young people. ...
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Vic Williams
tree_bc
Dec 16, 2006 12:07 am
Hi, Most 'courses' are designed to 'blind' us, students and teachers. They instill a pathway to follow, otherwise "dress for success" would be a nonsense term...
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andetomi
Dec 16, 2006 9:27 am
Good morning! Vic, what do you think about training teachers in "Dogme style"?...Don´t you find there´s a contradiction in terms? I feel a bit confused about...
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nickbilbrough
Dec 16, 2006 10:50 am
Bit of a sweeping statement there, Vic. No? I really don't think that any course that I have been on as a teacher has 'blinded' me. It's just made me think...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 16, 2006 12:31 pm
I wouldn't say that I 'trained' my wife. I made some suggestions to her which made sense to her. Of course, the difference between this and a teacher training...
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Russell Kent
russkent321
Dec 16, 2006 2:34 pm
For me, an interesting consideration is at what point in their careers do teachers who have been trained in the traditional manner (for want of a better...
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Vic Williams
tree_bc
Dec 16, 2006 4:04 pm
Hi, I'm weak on dogme and dogme style. Haven't found the definition yet. The only listing Google gave me was on this egroup and I couldn't find the actual...
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Vic Williams
tree_bc
Dec 16, 2006 4:05 pm
Hi Bohm dialogue deliberately avoids being 'coursed' It's NOT time based and not directed. My Oxford dictionary indicates that a course is a line of conduct or...
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nickbilbrough
Dec 16, 2006 9:25 pm
Vic, I was referring to your statement that 'Most 'courses' are designed to 'blind' us, students and teachers.' I strongly disagree with this idea. Lots of...
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nickbilbrough
Dec 16, 2006 10:47 pm
Vic. You say 'Teaching need not be time bounded nor goal driven' Try telling that to a language learner in any classroom anywhere in the world! Nick...
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Vic Williams
tree_bc
Dec 17, 2006 1:23 am
Hi, The USA education system was explicitly tailored to produce people ready and able to work in factory settings. A great deal of course design format...
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Vic Williams
tree_bc
Dec 17, 2006 1:26 am
Hi, Ask most mothers if they only set aside certain times a day to teach certain specific things to their infants. Or if the learning goes on much of the time....
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 17, 2006 9:01 am
Teaching should not be goal-driven? Do you mean it should be aimless? Explicitly or not, surely all serious learning and teaching is about helping learners to...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 17, 2006 9:05 am
Nick, I think the label "dogme" could be dropped without causing too much harm as long as its tenets are followed. Dennis [Non-text portions of this message...
