Hi everyone, For those of you who were/are at the IATEFL conference in Harrogate, I hope you had/are having a good time. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to...
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Peter
peter_everton
Apr 10, 2010 10:15 pm
Damn! I should have proofread my post better before I posted it. Of course, I meant 'its acceptance' not 'it's acceptance'....
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 12, 2010 2:36 pm
Hi Peter, hi everyone, Just back from Harrogate and thrilled to see that you've had the patience to watch us online! Thanks for letting everyone know about ...
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ken_chrisitan
Apr 13, 2010 2:02 am
This is a link to a dogme talk by Chia Suan Chong at IATEFL last week. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone thinking about trying or using dogme in...
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Lorna
lornaliebeck
Apr 13, 2010 6:42 am
"there are still plenty of wires and cables to rip out yet" I agree with this, and I like that image of radical unplugging! The idea that people can become...
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steph wimmer
nowordssteph
Apr 13, 2010 11:46 am
Hi hear what you're saying Lorna, But while there are so many schools out there who employ teachers without any qualifications and then pay them peanuts, a...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 13, 2010 12:33 pm
That is sadly true. And of course running an initial teacher training course course over twelve weeks would require a trebling of the course fees - anything...
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n_jaworski
Apr 13, 2010 7:57 pm
While I agree with more serious criteria for qualifications, it's not going to happen anytime soon. Far too many schools hire teachers without qualifications...
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Peter
peter_everton
Apr 13, 2010 7:58 pm
Hi Anthony (and group), Thanks for replying. I can easily imagine the fear that some teacher trainers may have in unplugging their courses when their are...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 13, 2010 8:17 pm
Thanks for the kind words and support - both yours and your tutors! It really floors both Izzy and me to get such warm and positive responses. And really...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 13, 2010 8:17 pm
Thanks Nick! Anthony ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 13, 2010 9:05 pm
As Anthony points out costs are the major issue when it comes to courses such as CELTA. And, as it is CELTA (and such qualifications) are really rather small...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 13, 2010 9:24 pm
Hi Dr. Evil, That's an extremely important point - the 11k teachers per year that take Cambridge ESOL qualifications (CELTA and DELTA) pale into insignificance...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 13, 2010 9:27 pm
By the way, an older trainer reminded me at IATEFL that back in the day when the CELTA was the RSA Prep Cert, the trainees actually had to teach a no materials...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 6:15 am
... Angola, India, Pakistan + this CELTA experiment prove that both these myths are unfounded. Dr E<< As I'm always told whenever I say something as a teacher,...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 6:16 am
... I would argue that it is already in the mainstream in the sense that it constitutes a fairly well delimited 'special interest' in UK and European ELT (an...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 14, 2010 6:19 am
And what's wrong with anecdotal? What kind of evidence do you want? The bottom line is that in many places teachers automatically teach unplugged (they have no...
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Elizabeth
eannegrenoble
Apr 14, 2010 7:14 am
Bravo Anthony and Izzy - I stand convinced. And a thoroughly entertaining and self-illustrating talk too ! I arrived in this dogme group because of being a...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 14, 2010 8:37 am
Adrian - True, and a random sample of 15,000 (for starters) is arguably pushing the limits of the term "anecdotal" (I pause to smile). Charles - I'll pass on...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 14, 2010 8:38 am
Interesting - would you count Germany as an EFL country? I ask because a great deal of ESP one-to-one work is largely approached in an unplugged manner, and...
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Anthony Gaughan
anthonygaugh...
Apr 14, 2010 8:40 am
Thank you very much, Elizabeth! We still have a lot of work to do, though! And yes, welcome to the Year of the Dog(me) ;-) Anthony ... [Non-text portions of...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 9:28 am
... Well the anecdotal evidence you provided, if we take it at face value, is that a certain number of teacher trainers you trained are prepared to go out and...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 14, 2010 9:36 am
Charles, Just a couple of points ... ... Probably because they lack the resources (most of the teachers I work with don't have Internet so taking part in an...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 9:41 am
... Which makes me think of how Jesus is supposed to have fed the multitude. ... You might be passing on one of the best parts of my arguments. Was the...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 9:44 am
... cultures in many countries in sub-Saharan Africa?<< Would a close friend who is an English and French teacher in the Gambia get me qualified to opine? I...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 14, 2010 9:54 am
I which case you should know that in most context materials-lite teaching is the norm. If teachers and students do have books it is usually a handful for a...
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Lorna
lornaliebeck
Apr 14, 2010 10:08 am
"Is it the case that dogme is a form of 'unplugged', but that not all forms of 'unplugged' are 'dogme'?" The term `unplugged' as applied to dogme was borrowed...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 10:10 am
... Well, Crystal does. The German students I deal with here in Japan typically have higher levels of English than the Japanese students. And they are here to...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 10:37 am
... It seemed in the case of MTV to turn into a bunch of washed up has-beens doing acoustic covers of their earlier hits. Some of these groups I would never...
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literacyacrosscultures
literacyacro...
Apr 14, 2010 10:44 am
... These teachers are non-native speakers, often untrained and often have very little experience.Dr E<< Maybe this thread has found its destiny. If they have...
