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,...
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Tom Walton
tomdoliveira
Sep 3, 2007 7:24 am
Nice description of the class, Peter. I wonder what an external assessor would have thought... and whether you would have "failed" ,-) ?! Tom diamond_fingerz...
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nickbilbrough
Sep 3, 2007 8:09 pm
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...
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lada_rus
Sep 4, 2007 11:19 am
... 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...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Sep 11, 2007 6:03 am
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...
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Fiona
fiotf
Sep 12, 2007 11:33 am
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...
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Gordon Lewis
weynta
Sep 12, 2007 4:19 pm
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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luke
luke@...
Sep 12, 2007 4:21 pm
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...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Sep 12, 2007 4:51 pm
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...
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Tom Walton
tomdoliveira
Sep 12, 2007 5:11 pm
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 ...
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Gordon Lewis
weynta
Sep 12, 2007 6:36 pm
Hi, Another interesting site is www.kindersite.org . I also love the website of the exploratorium museum in San Francisco. Gordon Tom Walton...
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Tom Walton
tomdoliveira
Sep 13, 2007 6:48 am
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...
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Celso Camargo
celsocamargors
Sep 13, 2007 9:30 am
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...
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Celso Camargo
celsocamargors
Sep 13, 2007 9:31 am
the link: http://www.bspcn.com/2007/05/16/10-grammar-mistakes-that-make-you-look-stupid/...
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laferlazzo@...
larfe1234
Sep 13, 2007 12:01 pm
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_ ...
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Tom Walton
tomdoliveira
Sep 14, 2007 11:53 am
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. ...
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Russell Kent
russkent321
Sep 14, 2007 1:31 pm
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...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Sep 14, 2007 2:32 pm
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]...
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johnkuti
Sep 15, 2007 8:17 am
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...
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Graham Stanley
bcgstanley
Sep 15, 2007 9:35 pm
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...
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Jeff Bragg
chalkfacehero
Sep 16, 2007 5:57 pm
It's true - a 'crash' course can be very successful! Jeff Graham Stanley <blogefl@...> wrote: Tom, Could this lead to new methodology perhaps (the...
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Jeff Bragg
chalkfacehero
Sep 16, 2007 6:04 pm
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?...
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Jeff Bragg
chalkfacehero
Sep 17, 2007 4:58 pm
Well, I've done my bit, but Dogme is still coming in for an undeserved "verbal lashing" over on the new alternative ESL Cafe... ...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Sep 17, 2007 5:19 pm
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...
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diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Sep 17, 2007 9:10 pm
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");...
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Celso Camargo
celsocamargors
Sep 18, 2007 1:16 am
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....
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diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Sep 18, 2007 5:04 am
... 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,...
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Tom Walton
tomdoliveira
Sep 18, 2007 6:12 am
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...
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joel_josephson
Sep 18, 2007 6:49 am
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...
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Daniel Tourt
somethingfor...
Sep 18, 2007 1:52 pm
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...
