Apologies for cross posting On behalf of the BESIG Online Team Hi, We are very pleased to announce that author and trainer John Hughes will be joining us for...
Hi all, Here are the online blog posts and comments that I have found relating to the recent IATEFL Dogme Symposium in Brighton, UK. Reflections on or...
I've just finished my last classes and I had some interesting feedback and results from those in which I've used Dogme techniques. Generally, students fluency...
Proof, if proof were needed? ;-) Sounds great, especially the fact that your exam prep classes feel equally positive. It may be early to say, but have you...
Congratuations on your great results. They show very clearly what can happen if we teach outside the box. Every single point you make connects to what should...
Cheers guys and thanks Anthony for the mention in your blog newsletter. Re: Sounds great, especially the fact that your exam prep classes feel equally ...
***APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING*** Just to let you know that the first 4 (of 8) episodes in my "TDSIG Unplugged Countdown" blog series are out. The series is...
As a pre-service teacher on the CELTA course, I was asked to use Jim Scrivener’s book Teaching Learning (Heinemann 1994) as a guide. On page 62 it reads: ...
Greetings, Rob. You tell us Mr. Scrivener writes: "“We normally communicate when one of us has information (facts, opinions, ideas, etc) that another does...
So then if they were really, really, interested in why those students were late....... If they would under normal circumstances wonder why they were late......
Aisha, Of course you are right. Shared interest is key. What I reacted to in the quotation was the emphasis on mere information - closing the information gap....
I was actually agreeing with you, that the real interest and emotion has to be there. "Why were you late" would be cold rice pudding to me too. Actually many...
Thank you, Dennis and Aisha for your comments. I too don't mind a bit of cold rice pudding now and then, which perhaps explains a lot about me. :-) Dennis,...
Hi Everyone, It seems spring has finally sprung here in the Pacific Northwest, so I asked students if they would like to go outdoors - everyone was in ...
I'm coming late to this, and I'm sure there are more quotes on conversation in Jim Scrivener's Teaching Learning, but this - perhaps taken out of context -...
Luke, I think it is retro-fitting to the task, and there may be a lot of that in ELT coursebooks and guidebooks like Scriveners perhaps. I've certainly seen -...
I was just reading through a thread of funny comments on Facebook about the upcoming Unplugged Conference in Barcelona In the thread, it was noted that...
Rob, I've reached the age of reminiscing and cannot report on what goes on in my - non-existent classrooms. BUT I well remember, in secondary schools in...
Dennis, I have always enjoyed coursebooks as a language learner, meaning I too wanted to get them done, like housework, to feel a sense of accomplishment. But...
Rob and list - I think we are both leaning in the opposite direction to what might be expected of us. :-) I really believe that in the case of textbooks, as...
Coursebooks are better than housework. Coursebooks can be completed, once and for all. Students love that. ... -- Mark Crawford Bain * * [Non-text portions of...
Hi, My name is Edwige Simon and I work for the University of Colorado at Boulder. I maintain a blog where I review classrooms technologies and new books on the...
I was reading the incomparable Graham Stanley's blog http://blog-efl.blogspot.com/2011/05/better-five-ws-than-because-its-there.html ,where Graham cites a...
I like it too. But the problem is that learning a language isn't coursework - it's housework; and the dishes won't get done by reading the dishwasher manual. ...
Oh dear, Rob, are we really back to that discussion again - technology in the classroom? In a sense, you ask for our opinions, I feel there is little to...
Dennis and list, I had actually meant to embrace this checklist by making it more applicable to a dogmetic approach. If it's going to be a pro-contra on ...
Hi Rob, Referring to the parts of your message extracted below, Sue's checklist was first, and I responded to that with my blog post. I think intuition is how...
Reading this thread, I thought I'd introduce you all to this website, which turns all of those chores you have to do everyday into an adventure game : ...
Just came across this on the TESL-L list. Perhaps interested members of the list might like to consider items under the checklist question: Could this give my...
