Hmm... yes, to all. I guess perhaps the question could be instead: Do teachers believe themselves to be credible regarding the process of instructing students...
13086
paul_s_east
Dec 2, 2008 9:08 am
Dear all, I need some help... Trying to do my DELTA, looking for something out of the ordinary to help inspire teens and adults to write better narrative ...
13087
diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 2, 2008 9:51 am
I don't see the value in teachers asking themselves whether or not they are credible. It seems to me that the people who are best fit to judge are their...
13088
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 10:52 am
I do see the value in asking oneself all types of questions. This is very important to be able to question oneself. Teaching is interacting, interacting and...
13089
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 11:19 am
sorry, please read : "you cannot avoid to realise that you are evaluated as a teacher"instead of the messy sentence I wrote. ... De: Marianne Dorléac...
13090
cg.roland
Dec 2, 2008 11:58 am
Marianne Very tasty. That's interesting. Especially the two-way direction of credibility you mention. At some point, especially when we start thinking about ...
13091
cg.roland
Dec 2, 2008 12:17 pm
Paul You may or may not go for this. 1. On 12 pieces of A4 (one for each student) put the opening sentence to a story. Typical FCE stuff. Make them all...
13092
Karenne Sylvester
kalinagoenglish
Dec 2, 2008 12:38 pm
Marianne, That's the trouble with the internet, one quick click and then "oh crap did I really write that?!" Yikes! Happens to me all the time! ;-)Karenne ......
13093
paul east
paul_s_east
Dec 2, 2008 1:02 pm
Hi Chris, Thanks for that, it all sounds good to me. If there's ever anything I can help you with, just ask. BW Paul ________________________________ From:...
13094
Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 2, 2008 1:41 pm
Karenne, For what it is worth I'd think that it is not essential that foreign language teachers have learned a language, though it is clearly a great ...
13095
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 1:45 pm
HEY Paul this activity is *great* !! I find it great because it's not only about writing, but also, in the *same* class, discussing, agreeing to critiria,...
13096
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 1:52 pm
Yes Karenne ! and this time it was all the more enfuriating as the post was about just this : how can you teach a language if you haven't successfully learnt...
13097
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 2:42 pm
I agree about the qualities mentioned by Dennis but I don't agree about putting one higher that another. They are all great essential qualities to me, they all...
13098
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 3:13 pm
Chris, First I would like to say that I thanked Paul for an activity (the writing/discussing /reformulating activity) you created yourself! my mistake! ...
13099
cg.roland
Dec 2, 2008 6:27 pm
Marianne, Paul, pleased you chaps liked that. Can't really claim credit for that though - sort of gleaned it from the Ih Barcelona teacher trainer crew (Neil,...
13100
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 2, 2008 6:41 pm
Chris, The whole process you are going through, perfecting your Spanish, must be so valuable to you as a language teacher! You will be attentive to...
13101
Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Dec 2, 2008 7:22 pm
Hi all, Diarmuid said about students being the only people who can decide if the teacher is credible! I just can't agree with this. Take this situation, for...
13102
Robert Haines
romiha1
Dec 3, 2008 5:49 am
If I'm not mistaken, Scott, in his book Teaching Vocabulary, writes something along the lines of: flash cards are an effective technique for learning...
13103
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 3, 2008 7:09 am
"deference to our kiwi progenitor"!! hey Scott is not a Guru, there is no need to quote him like the bible, and I'm sure he would accept that some of us agree...
13104
Scott Thornbury
scott_thornbury
Dec 3, 2008 7:43 am
We may be talking about different things. Flashcards I take to be visual aids (either words or pictures) that you "flash" to students in class. The word card...
13105
Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 3, 2008 9:21 am
Scott quotes Nation on how to learn vocabulary: "d.. Use first language translations (Research shows... that learning is generally better if the meaning is...
13106
Roger E. Jones
rogerejones
Dec 3, 2008 10:14 am
I second that emotion! I love this story-writing activity; in fact, I may use it this Saturday with my class of 8 upper-beginner level students at a local...
13107
scott_thornbury
Dec 3, 2008 10:38 am
... learning is ... language.) ... Yes, I had a feeling this one would bring Dennis out in a rash. ;-) Here's what Nation says: "Research shows (Lado, Baldwin...
13108
Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 3, 2008 10:55 am
Oh well........ But Nation does assume mono lingual classes, doesn't he? You'd need big cards and a lot of expertise if you had learners from 7 nationalities...
13109
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 3, 2008 10:58 am
Hello Scott, I put my comments in yellow down bellow! Marianne ... De: Scott Thornbury <scott.thornbury@...> Objet: [dogme] Flash cards or word cards ...
13110
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 3, 2008 11:05 am
NO dennis I don't I don't !!! AHHHHHA ! MERCI for saying this! why translate ? and how ?? why meaning do you choose from the many meaning a word can...
13111
Karenne Sylvester
kalinagoenglish
Dec 3, 2008 11:07 am
Question: who amongst us has tried this for themselves and found it to work? (Not our students, us). I tried it. I can show you pictures. ;-) I took the...
13112
Scott Thornbury
scott_thornbury
Dec 3, 2008 11:07 am
Marianne wrote: "one of my students was a clasical music fan, he wanted to know all the words related to it, words I myself very seldom use! but who am I to...
13113
scott_thornbury
Dec 3, 2008 11:13 am
... he? ... 7 ... No Dennis, Nation does not assume monolingual classes. He assumes bilingual learners. You misunderstand the technique: The word card ...
13114
Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Dec 3, 2008 11:13 am
... De: scott_thornbury <scott.thornbury@...> Objet: [dogme] Re: Flash cards or word cards À: dogme@yahoogroups.com Date: Mercredi 3 Décembre 2008,...
