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...
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scott_thornbury
Jun 7, 2007 8:21 am
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 ...
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camdencollegeofenglish
camdencolleg...
Jun 8, 2007 9:20 am
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...
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Scott Thornbury
scott_thornbury
Jun 8, 2007 10:12 am
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...
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areej alawad
awad63
Jun 8, 2007 12:44 pm
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...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Jun 11, 2007 3:49 am
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...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jun 11, 2007 7:04 am
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...
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Daniel Tourt
somethingfor...
Jun 11, 2007 12:19 pm
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...
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diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Jun 11, 2007 8:12 pm
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...
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Linda Martin
eslindasd
Jun 11, 2007 9:55 pm
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...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jun 12, 2007 3:47 am
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...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Jun 12, 2007 4:28 am
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...
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areej alawad
awad63
Jun 12, 2007 11:21 am
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...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Jun 13, 2007 9:40 am
... 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,...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jun 13, 2007 6:31 pm
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...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Jun 14, 2007 1:17 am
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...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jun 14, 2007 1:39 am
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...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Jun 14, 2007 1:50 am
... 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...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jun 14, 2007 4:18 am
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...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jun 14, 2007 5:35 am
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/...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jun 14, 2007 5:43 am
Wikipedia a force for good? Nonsense, says a co-founder Alexandra Frean, Education Editor The founder of the Wikipedia online encyclopaedia criticised the ...
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Fiona
fiotf
Jun 15, 2007 7:28 am
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...
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jonchristophe
Jun 15, 2007 10:46 am
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...
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diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Jun 15, 2007 12:27 pm
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...
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Linda Martin
eslindasd
Jun 16, 2007 12:06 am
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...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 16, 2007 7:49 am
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,...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Jun 16, 2007 8:27 am
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...
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Linda Martin
eslindasd
Jun 16, 2007 11:39 am
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...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Jun 16, 2007 12:14 pm
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...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jun 16, 2007 8:06 pm
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...
