You might like to look at http://www.slideshare.net/randommind/a- brief-history-of-educational-technology/ Rob...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 1, 2007 3:40 pm
Sorry, try this tinyurl instead: [Open in new window] Rob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 1, 2007 4:41 pm
Life used to be so simple (whimper and sigh)... http://tinyurl.com/2fs8os Rob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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apcypriano
Nov 4, 2007 2:12 pm
Hi everyone, Yesterday, a student of mine asked me the difference between persuade into and persuade to ( for instance; She persuaded her mother to lend her...
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Celso Camargo
celsocamargors
Nov 4, 2007 4:05 pm
To my NNS ear, it sounds as if when using the gerund, i.e., persuade into, gives the idea of convincing someone against their will or to the contrary of their...
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helenwest1@...
helenwest1
Nov 4, 2007 4:58 pm
Personally I would use talk with into (followed by -ing) and persuade with to ... examples: See if you can talk your father into coming with us or See if you...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 4, 2007 5:17 pm
"What's the difference between..." is such a typical question among language learners trying to work out the "logic" of a language, isn't it? Ana, I'd say you...
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areej alawad
awad63
Nov 4, 2007 5:26 pm
Hi all, Very interesting Rob. I teach at the university and very often my students ask me questions similar to that of Ana's. I think I will do what you...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 4, 2007 6:10 pm
Ana, and everyone, I feel I should add something to my last post concerning what the student is after with his or her question. The obvious response would be...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Nov 4, 2007 6:33 pm
Going on from Rob has written, it frequently occurs to me that we teachers/trainers complicate matters tremendously. To adapt Virginia Woolfe's phrase, we are...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Nov 4, 2007 6:41 pm
Ana, I don't know if I can help, but I can certainly respond. 1. Learners in most cultures will think in terms of "right" and "wrong". Long-term you can wean...
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Celso Camargo
celsocamargors
Nov 4, 2007 7:35 pm
"Our explanations, frequently, are for the colleague fly on the wall and over careful and academic for our learners." Right on, Dennis ! As Rob pointed out,...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Nov 4, 2007 9:02 pm
Celso, It sounds to me as if you are pretty right on yourself! Let me quote from a message I happened to write for another list earlier today (Slightly edited...
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Vic Williams
vic_williams...
Nov 4, 2007 11:17 pm
Hi, This reminded me of my ITTT TEFL course. I finished it in Sept. but the marker is holding it back (it's all marked but not passed on), based on a...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Nov 6, 2007 7:37 am
[Shared with CETEFL, YL and dogme] As I've mentioned many times, I learned some Russian in the army during National Service in 1953 - 1955. At the end of a...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 6, 2007 4:58 pm
Dennis, Reading your post brought out my own dormant vocabulary. One of my favorite words, Morozhenoi (ice cream), suddenly popped up. Then there was Khak...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Nov 7, 2007 4:31 am
Rob, And your words have played a reminding role and I've taken down Hoey from my bookshelves! There was a period when I seemed always to be buying books ...
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johnkuti
Nov 7, 2007 6:17 am
Comments from Saint Petersburg... Your memory serves you well Dennis, although I think you might be confusing maslo (butter) with myaso (meat). Are you saying...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Nov 7, 2007 6:35 am
John, I was in Russia for a week about three years ago, but I was attending an international conference and everyone spoke English. I can't recall ever using...
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sinan akababa
ginizli
Nov 8, 2007 4:44 pm
hello everybody, here's a question my student asked me yesterday? he wanted to know whether it was correct to say "how much are a hamburger, a pizza and a...
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iccelta
Nov 8, 2007 4:44 pm
H, could somone tel me how not to receive DOGME emails into my inox (yahoo). I want to remain subscribed but donīt want to receive all these emails...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 8, 2007 4:54 pm
Another ubiquitous question the the language learning classroom (assuming learners are in a position to ask questions)... I like to help students understand...
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luke
luke@...
Nov 8, 2007 4:59 pm
If I understand this rightly, I think it's because in the mind of the speaker, the hamburger, pizza and coke together make up a single order - and will amount...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Nov 8, 2007 5:05 pm
Luke, List, It's akin to using 'less' or 'fewer'. In the minds of many, '10 items or less' works just fine because it's a bunch of stuff. Gramatically correct...
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Rita Baker
lydbury85
Nov 8, 2007 6:26 pm
I would say 'is' is correct because the questioner wants to know the total, not the individual prices. Rita Baker ... Rita Baker BA PGCE (TEFL) FRSA Training...
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apcypriano
Nov 10, 2007 1:21 am
Hi everyone, Last Saturday, a student of mine asked me the difference between persuade into and persuade to ( for instance; She persuaded her mother to lend...
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Rita Baker
lydbury85
Nov 10, 2007 5:50 pm
Dear Ana, I'm finding this thread interesting on two accounts. First of all, one of my pet annoyances is that, in the British media at least, very few people...
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apcypriano
Nov 10, 2007 9:30 pm
Hi Rob, Sorry,it took too long to reply your messages but I've just found out that all my dogme messages were sent to the spam folder. Thanks for the tips....
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apcypriano
Nov 10, 2007 9:44 pm
Celso, Last Saturday, I told my sts that sometimes we have to trust our instincts and take risks in learning, but they laughed at me and claimed they don't...
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Tom Walton
tomdoliveira
Nov 11, 2007 8:58 am
Hi everyone: Ana, I wonder if learners in Dogme classes do cloze tests (the horror, the horror... ,-) ? How do you (aaaaaarghhhhh !!!!!) "train" people to do...
