In the hope that this will be of interest to some: http://theithacan.org/am/publish/news/ 200802_Professor_bends_and_breaks_traditional_teaching_methods.shtml...
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migriff99
Apr 18, 2008 11:28 am
Hello all, I am writing this post for two reasons: 1) to try and awaken this message board....too many days of waking up and seeing no new messages (but 1 or...
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migriff99
Apr 18, 2008 11:58 am
(Sorry for the two consecutive posts) As I just wrote, I just finished a 10 week cycle (as part of a 20 week intensive program). One of my classes was...
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Hali
halibrewer
Apr 18, 2008 12:07 pm
I find that my Chinese studens also seem to want to be told what to do and feel somewhat lost with learner-autonomous types of tasks. However, I discovered...
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Celso Camargo
celsocamargors
Apr 19, 2008 12:06 am
I would like to get some answers to these 3 questions; ( and hopefully some good discussion, especially question #2) 1) Briefly describe the method you use in...
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nodplod
Apr 19, 2008 9:19 am
Hi there I really enjoyed reading your post. I teach ESOL in the UK-you don't say what the level of your learners is, and I would like to know-but I think it...
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zosienka46
Apr 19, 2008 8:35 pm
Yo, Mark (sorry for the hip-hop shtick, I am consorting with students who just love this angle and I guess it rubs off) ten times cheers for all the good job...
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zosienka46
Apr 19, 2008 8:49 pm
Dear Mike, welcome to the struggle of multi-cultural (mis) understanding! as a psychologist who specialises in just this field I can only say that anyone who...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Apr 20, 2008 7:13 am
As far as I am concerned, Mike, you might not have done anything better., Listening is an activity which is often entirely disregarded in the classroom and...
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zosienka46
Apr 20, 2008 7:05 pm
Diarmuid, insofar as we all recognize similarities in the teaching/learning process dynamics, we should not disregard cultural differences. teachers who ...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Apr 21, 2008 9:04 am
Zosia I don't disagree with what you say - and fail to see how anyone but the most dyed-in-the-wool cultural imperialist could. I disagree with the idea that...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 21, 2008 10:21 am
he recorded sessions from British Council IATEFL Exeter Online ( the recent 42nd.IATEFL conference) are slowly appearing online. There are presently 17...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Apr 21, 2008 10:32 am
I was VERY impressed by Zoltan Dornyei and very DEpressed that I was unaware of the attendance of Dennis. Diarmuid...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 21, 2008 11:07 am
Me, too. In both respects. The conference is so big. It is awfully easy not to bump into people. Dennis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 21, 2008 11:17 am
Especially for Diarmuid. Scroll down to Dennis Newson and click: http://exeteronline.britishcouncil.org/mod/resource/view.php?id=151 The system may make your...
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zosienka46
Apr 21, 2008 7:22 pm
Diarmuid, first of all - great thought exchange! about power distribution - no one can agree more, I am a great fan of all democratic shools (and there is...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Apr 21, 2008 7:56 pm
Zosia Even better information exchange! I wonder how relevant Hofstede remains to the Chinese here-and-now in the onslaught of globalisation? I am familiar...
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zosienka46
Apr 22, 2008 5:38 am
"ore elitist" should (probably! own writings of yesterdays are no longer comprehensible to the Zosia of today...) be "more elitist" - a pozzling typo! lucky...
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diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Apr 22, 2008 5:51 am
Thanks, Zosia. I might keep "ore elitist" as a neologism for my MA! It sounds convincingly meaningful, whilst baffling anyone who has to sit down and think...
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mike_corea
Apr 22, 2008 7:18 am
I certainly succeeded in my goal of getting this board going again. Thanks to all who have commented. I aim to write a bit more when I get a chance. Mike -who...
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zosienka46
Apr 22, 2008 3:32 pm
and that posting will be completely off dogme (or who is to decide what's off dogme, indeed?): on the thread of who needs whom, sadly: while visiting Hawaii...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Apr 22, 2008 4:59 pm
"Give an average consumer a choice: a product for ten dollars vs same thing for two, ninety nine and see where the scales will tip." Give the average consumer...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 22, 2008 5:56 pm
Rob, You pleasantly surprise me. I do have a strong feeling that something is in the air, that this is a point in time when educational ideas and recommended ...
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zosienka46
Apr 22, 2008 6:31 pm
I am so glad that it came to that! the way I perceive teaching is always actively engaged in a social discourse (such a proud terminology...). the shape and...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 22, 2008 6:49 pm
Optimistic Dennis, If that were only the case. It's possible to rock the boat (as Zosia says), but you need to either have a name, be secure in your job, or...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Apr 23, 2008 3:51 pm
You pleasantly surprise me. I do have a strong feeling that something is in the air, that this is a point in time when educational ideas and recommended ...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 23, 2008 4:44 pm
Rob, I'm excited by your proposals but need time to think how we dogmetists can start moving from where we are nearer to where we would like to be. I'm pretty...
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alastair532000
Apr 23, 2008 4:57 pm
... Dennis, Aren't the two inextricably the same? Regards, Alastair...
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alastair532000
Apr 23, 2008 5:10 pm
... Hi Rob, Please define materials free pedagogy. It sounds impressive. Yoghurt pots, toilet rolls instead of worksheets? No pens, paper, notebooks? No access...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 23, 2008 5:16 pm
Alistair, If I understand you correctly, its the needs and aspirations of the learners and a pedagogy of foreign language learning that you think are...
