Ha-ha, yes - don't they all like telling stories about themselves! Well, some cultures do, others are not so keen. Here in the Emirates, my students would much...
Thanks to everyone who sent me accounts of their "last class", both on and off-list. Just to fill you in a bit: I'm giving a plenary talk at a conference ...
A couple of months ago I posted a request for ideas on classroom design and I'd like to thank everybody who contributed to the thread. This week we moved from...
Hmm, that classroom with the big windows... when can I start? As for the decoration, looks like you've got enough colour in the furnishings and courtesy the...
Congratulations !!! I checked your blog and looks really nice and up to date. I like the colors of the school and having plants there. Cute son, I must say. I...
Inspired by Stuart's Design a Classroom description of his top rooms with bright sofas and beanbags, I relocated my university English class of five students...
Julian, I enjoyed your short account greatly, and there is a lot to think about: "Perhaps desks and classroom subconsciously suggest a passive role to students...
Photos of students. And teachers. And staff, and cleaners, and porters, and visitors. Almost everyone that enters the school. As the school grows, so will...
Hello Group I wonder if I too can lean upon your generosity and ask you to complete a little task for me as part of my initial foray into the world of...
I'd rather have a chocolate fish! Linda ps I'll have a think about laughter etc diarmuid_fogarty <diarmuid@...> wrote: Hello Group I wonder if I too...
Diarmuid, How nice to read your words here. My contribution: Laughter can facilitate language learning in and out of the language classroom, even when at the...
If you are kind enough to participate in the "Laughter" task, it would probably help if you could write down how long you have been teaching and where you...
Hi Diarmuid, Interesting topic. In fact one of my favorites. Ok before I start, I have been teaching for 7 years now. Since, learning a second language affects...
... It seems that the students I teach are like myself in my personal life: they like to banter, good-naturedly teasing each other. It's done very carefully,...
Julian, is it true that you don't wait for learners to express the need for "Cut it out!" and the other cutting rejoinders before you hand out the list. Is...
Thanks, Rob, for your questions. ... Yes, but. The written material is my best approximation of what the learners need to express themselves. We don't go...
Dear Julian, Thank you for your reply to my query, which I found interesting. It's courageous of you to point out that one of your colleagues did not want to...
... I think you're right, Rob. As wonderfully demonstrated in Monty Pythons' "Nudge nudge" skit (available on YouTube). --j [Non-text portions of this message...
Julian writes: " I know there's an element of wanting the students not to put me on a pedestal, " Fair enough, but wouldn't you agree that being your eccentric...
For all still interested in an entry for dogme on Wikipedia, there might be another site to turn to. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/...
Wikipedia a force for good? Nonsense, says a co-founder Alexandra Frean, Education Editor The founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia criticised the ...
Hi, As some of you know, dogme is setting up a blog, which, as yet, is not up-n-running, but hopefully I'll get the chance to deal with it in the next week...
I am currently teaching literacy and numeracy to 16-19 year old Native Speakers in the south of the UK. The learners are working towards level one and two...
Hi Chris You should plough through Paolo Freire's work and the work of people who have built on his ideas. Freire was also a literacy teacher and his ideas...
Hiya folks, After talking with my Korean co-teacher last night I have a bit of an ethical dilemma. I teach at a Korean high school. My first grade and second...
My last lesson was on friday (yesterday). I've been teaching French for 7 years now to adult foreigners from all over the world. I'm teaching in Provence,...
Hi Linda, I'm not sure where the ethical dilemma is? It sounds to me that you've given the kids a great opportunity to become engaged in learning, especially...
Hi Adrian, I don't suppose I did say what my dilemma is - should I make the students with the "cooking dog" role play adjust their topic? Not because their...
Hi Linda, I understood your dilemma, but I still think you should let them do it in the way they want. Then you, or possibly other students, can raise issues...
Linda, I'm with Adrian on this one --- go with the flow. It's a perfect opportunity to involve students who, according to what you written, are not usually as...
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