Dear all, I just completed the DELTA myself, at IH Barcelona. I've no idea if I passed yet, I still have to take the exam in December. But I'd like, firstly,...
Nice description of the class, Peter. I wonder what an external assessor would have thought... and whether you would have "failed" ,-) ?! Tom diamond_fingerz...
Dear Peter, Lovely lesson description Mr Diamond Fingers (and Diamond Brain too perhaps to be thinking on your feet so well!) Sounds like the students learnt...
... Dear Peter and all, I've also just completed the intensive DELTA, at IH in Moscow, and did dogme as `experimental practice assignment' too. Looking back to...
Hi everyone, Peter's post way back on September 3 (about his DELTA lesson) got me thinking. At the end, Peter listed principles taught in the DELTA course...
Sorry to ask for help but does anyone have any recommendations for really cool young learners' on- line stuff? Either resources or forums for teachers or...
Hi, I wrote a book with online activities for YL called Internet and Young Learners (OUP). Check it out...maybe you can find something there. Gordon lewis ...
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I have been tempted to speculate in this area before, and now someone has done it for me. Admittedly they are talking about politics and not teaching, but I...
I reckon the study is very inconclusive at best. This seems to be yet another case of a scientist measuring the results of much deeper psychic processes. The...
Hi everyone: An excellent book, Gordon's. Here's a page of YL links (which hasn't been updated for a year or so): http://www.ihes.com/bcn/tt/yl-sites.html ...
Hi everyone: Rather than "personality type", I think it's more likely than conditioning has the effect Luke is suggesting. Like, an overdose of Headache, plus...
A student sent this link to me along with a question: "Are these mistakes made by Native Speakers, as well?" I'd say that they are mostly NS mistakes. But...
I have a website with about 7,000 categorized links for English Language Learners you might find helpful: _http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/english.html_ ...
Hi everyone: From Ananova.com... Tom Czech out the new lingo A Czech speedway rider was knocked out cold during a race and woke up speaking perfect English. ...
Thing is, will our students let us bang them on the heads?? When I come to think of my accent, perhaps I need a bang on the head. Cos standard English, I...
Just one thing ... Everybody has an accent by definition. Dr Evil ... From: Tom Walton To: dogme Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 12:53 PM Subject: [dogme]...
The article is good material for an exercise in spotting types of error: It ocurred to me that when made by a native speaker, most of these would be seen as...
Tom, Could this lead to new methodology perhaps (the Concussion method? The Violent Way?) - I can already imagine the strapline: "A bang on the head is worth...
It looks like another case of 'cod science' to me... All it appears to say is that Conservatives have more 'ordered' minds, and Liberals less so. And so what?...
Jeff, and anyone who might consider posting a "defense" of dogme, After reading the posts at eltworld, I'm not sure it's worth the effort to post there. And...
Well...the thing is, there isn't much need of a defence. I find that some of the attacks are down to misunderstanding ("dogme claims to be something new");...
One of the hardest parts of being an instructor is convincing students that what they need is not necessarily what they want or believe to be a language class....
... But it's this sort of missionary zeal that is dogme's achille's heel (paw?). After all, the above answers all questions thrown at dogme by just saying,...
Hi everyone: I'd suggest that what really counts is "face validity". If there's a good rapport with the students (which I think is what Celso was saying) and...
I would like to thank members of the list who have given feedback to the Kindersite project (www.kindersite.org) regarding the use of the Kindersite with their...
OK, it's been a while since I wrote on this group, and when I do I usually make the mistake of bringing up my own reality and get a severe tongue lashing for...
