The talk of fluency has just given me another thought (second one this year!!!!) I've just been told by my boss that I will be responsible for level testing...
On Saturday, our testing colloquium (yes, one of my many private vices is belonging to a think tank on testing) heard a commercial presentation, on behalf of...
Dear DK, For years I was 'in charge' of testing at my college (God, how I hated it). From experience Asian students have great problems passing UCLES exams, ...
<quote> Viewed from outside the United States, and from outside Europe, tests like TOEFL/TOEIC/TEPS/IELTS are designed to restrict social mobility and not ...
Reference was made in a recent posting to the importance of differing cultural perceptions - of learning, for example. There is a fascinating Ph.D thesis...
Tom said: I think that universities want foriegn students to take English tests because it is not really feasible to study at an English uni if you aren't...
You'll find the dissertation at: http://my.glasscity.net/~xiong/tic/li.html Cheers, James ... Reference was made in a recent posting to the importance of...
Tom (T): Let's follow your line of argument and assume that people in the business of selling language tests can be taken at their word. What is their word? ...
Anyone else experiencing problems with messages from the list? I'm not getting about 50% of what's being posted. My natural inclination towards conspiracy...
Not sure why that should be, Diarmuid. Now that you're back on-line, though, what news can you relay from IATEFL? Did any of you dogme- tists meet? Was there...
Scott asks: what news can you relay from IATEFL? Did any of you dogme- tists meet? Was there any polite heckling or subversive muttering? Has the global...
(belated - found I never sent this from before Easter!) dk, as always, your postings are inspirational. and I'm sure to go off on too many tangents, but here...
seems I'm not the only one who's been having a well-earned break?! (hope I'm not, anyway) I think it was Scott who wrote in passing some time back something...
For those of you who may have found chunks of Sue's last two postings lopped off in your emails, you can appreciate their full glory on the dogme site...
Sue writes ... 1/ We have roll-on, roll-off and I was asked the same question. Well, why not have a brief discussion with the student in question and then let...
Dr Evil, I agree with what you say (and here too we've been using names and avoiding numbers for classes for several years, but the 'level 1/2/3' etc thing...
Ok, here I go again displaying my naïvety/stupidity... So, what DO you do if you stand before a group of adults who speak a language you can't even name and...
1/ We have roll-on, roll-off and I was asked the same question. Dr Evil, does this mean continuous enrollment? Join as you please, leave when you don't want...
Hi. Grumpy Tom says, referring to new people (temporarily?) joining a group, that "a constant flow in and out in my experience really buggers team building,...
YOU SAY: But surely it creates a classic dogme moment. A (genuine) information gap that requires NO PHOTOCOPIES!!!! The Other Tom (aka PC Smasher - PC as in...
To return to an earlier theme: I checked out the dissertation on Chinese students' attitudes, mentioned in a recent posting. It's called Perceptions of the...
Not knowing anything about China but as a foreign teacher in Japan... There are some places in Japan where dogme just wouldn't work I think. One might be a...
Will Dogme go down well in China? I don't want to sound too pessimistic but I guess Scott will be listened to and his message consigned, by some in the...
Actually, I think Scott (who I assume has yet to set foot in China) reads the situation better than anyone in disposing of the "culture is learning destiny"...
This is not completely irrelevant to what we've been saying about culture, but it's a bit of a tangent. (Sue's not the only kangaroo...!) I'm now listening to...
... Yes, I have and it always reminds me of when I was in Treviso, Italy (near Venice)with my son. He had what turned out to be acute appendicitis. It was ...
... can ... Thanks (DK, Dick and co) for helping settle my doubts re China - I'm definitely going to go - the occasion is the "1st TEFL International ...
