... supportive, and I now await for opponents of this dire crime to howl with indignation MD Hello all, ... of ... much ... by, "in ... and ... mean?) ... ...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 22, 2008 11:26 am
everything seems to have gone quiet on the dogme list. Is everyone working their socks off? I have been teaching: A little cycle of do it -> review it ->...
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Linda Martin
eslindasd
Sep 22, 2008 1:53 pm
Why are they petrified of smalltalk? cheers, Linda ... From: John N. Q. Warner <johnnqwarner@...> Subject: [dogme] So we are three weeks into September and...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 22, 2008 2:08 pm
German culture - does not encourage it in business and formal settings. EVERY group I have worked with so far in Germany have asked for help with smalltalk. In...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Sep 22, 2008 5:35 pm
I've been wondering what's up with the list, too. But, as Dennis often tells me, lists go through lulls like this. Maybe we need more small talk? :-) Speaking...
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Jkmoliver@...
kathy2tea
Sep 23, 2008 2:58 pm
Hello. No doubt chitchat's an art form and I too teach it. In fact, it's an accredited part of some language courses in the UK - also very useful since it...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 23, 2008 3:27 pm
Rob and list, Another thought is: some of us have been sounding off on dogme about this, that and everything for so very long now. It would be refreshing to...
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Jkmoliver@...
kathy2tea
Sep 23, 2008 4:09 pm
OK Dennis. I'll sit back and wait for someone else to contribute. Kathy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Karenne Sylvester
kalinagoenglish
Sep 23, 2008 8:25 pm
Hmmm... small talk is hard if you don't know what to talk about. So if I may be so bold... part of the German "stereotypical" characteristics include the...
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dnewson2001
Sep 24, 2008 9:22 am
Kathy. Please, no! I didn't mean to suggest anyone should stop writing, rather that they should be joined by others. Dennis...
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dnewson2001
Sep 24, 2008 9:33 am
Karenne - gold, gold. What's more appreciated by practising teachers than practical suggestions based on experience? Unstructured small talk, of course, is...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 24, 2008 1:09 pm
A good teacher can make a bad textbook work but a good textbook cannot make a bad teacher better. Can some people just teach with any resource - not just a bad...
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Karenne Sylvester
kalinagoenglish
Sep 24, 2008 1:56 pm
Thanks Dennis ;-) And yes, it is so much easier - giving them some structure (at least for the Germans) as it takes the "oh lord, do I really have to talk to ...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Sep 24, 2008 2:50 pm
As I hurry to finish my green tea and make my way to work... I don't think it's just German learners who find structure helpful and comfortable when faced with...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 24, 2008 3:06 pm
well - a friend had some businessmen who were doing English and in the classroom they were all on first name terms and could do it. Then they went for on a...
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Luke
luke@...
Sep 24, 2008 3:44 pm
Interesting how this thread started with a bit of small talk from John: 'everything seems to have gone quiet on the dogme list. Is everyone working their socks...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 24, 2008 3:53 pm
This is my alter ego writing - if we (so-called dogmeists), use planning and routines aren't we breaking one of the holy rules: "Be spontaneous and don't ...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 24, 2008 6:36 pm
Bugger - I've been rumbled LOL John...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 24, 2008 8:12 pm
Planning in the sense of being rigid is a problem for me - planning as in helping me have material relating to the students etc. is crucial. I think if I did...
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Roger E. Jones
rogerejones
Sep 25, 2008 3:07 am
... cannot ... textbook - ... Interesting topic, especially since you say that you will teach one class with a textbook, one without. As I see it, part of the...
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kathy2tea
Sep 26, 2008 7:54 am
Hello everyone. I am appealing for some ideas from those dogmetics/dogmetists (?) who have taught/are teaching English to Chinese people. I have a very good...
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Karenne Sylvester
kalinagoenglish
Sep 26, 2008 2:21 pm
Wow! This is an active group ;-) ya miss a day and you're almost lost! And speaking of being lost, I'm with John. Perhaps, in being dogme..oh lord, how do you...
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williamezimmerman
williamezimm...
Sep 26, 2008 3:21 pm
MakeBeliefsComix.com Online Educational Comics Launches WRITER PROMPTS to Help ESL, Literacy Students Write, Read and Tell Stories; Google Lists Among World's...
When you say 'difficulty with writing', what exactly do you mean - spelling, the construction of sentences, formation of letters etc? Rita ... -- Rita Baker BA...
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Jkmoliver@...
kathy2tea
Sep 28, 2008 7:22 pm
Hello Rita. I think I have some ideas about how to approach the spelling aspect - it's sentence construction really - but I need to get behind the peculiar...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 28, 2008 7:41 pm
Chinese syntax is their grammar - in the sense that it is rigorously: 1) Subject Verb Object (this works well when English is SVO - in statements but more ...
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John N. Q. Warner
johncrwarner
Sep 28, 2008 7:46 pm
just like the word "love" can be a noun and a verb in English - there are a lot of words around that can be a verb, an adjective and a noun depending on the...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 29, 2008 8:39 am
I think this simple 15 minute video from Teacher TV could interest anyone concerned with primary school teaching and ICT. I was especially struck by the...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 30, 2008 11:31 am
Ingrid, your sister, and all others who have noticed that I omitted the URL to the video about ICT in the primary school, including pupils with learning ...
