Your activity does sound like Open Space Rob - a very nice account. It makes a lot of sense to have many whiteboards rather than one - opens the space up to...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jul 1, 2011 5:31 pm
Agreed, Dennis, and all the better if the learners bring the material in, I find. Looking forward to your example. ... There are many directions one could go...
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Bruno Leys
leysbruno
Jul 2, 2011 3:49 am
Thanks for sharing the interesting account, Rob! I'm happy that we've been back on the "sharing and caring" track here for a while now. It's these interesting...
Hello Bruno, I didn't get the attachment to your mail Marianne ________________________________ De : Bruno Leys <bruno.leys@...> À : dogme@yahoogroups.com...
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Luke Meddings
lukemeddings
Jul 2, 2011 4:12 pm
Marianne, I think this is the link - http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/transform/books/british-council-eaquals-core-inventory-general-english Thanks Bruno -...
Merci Luke ! thank you very much. We do work along those lines here too. ( http://www.educreuse23.ac-limoges.fr/elve/ref/cecrl.htm ) ...
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Mercedes Viola
mercedesviola
Jul 3, 2011 1:12 pm
Thanks for the info about the EAQUALS Core Curriculum. I wasn’t familiar with it. I’ll take a look at it and then share ideas. Arq. Mercedes Viola...
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M C Johnstone
mcjsa
Jul 4, 2011 12:55 pm
Dennis, At [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6wgacoTJ3E it says "removed by user". This is an interesting technique. I use a similar method for subtitling...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 4, 2011 1:29 pm
Mark and group, This half posting was a blip that got through - apologies. The edited version should come next, and then I'll comment. Dennis PS I understand...
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bretgosselin
Jul 4, 2011 2:29 pm
We have a bit of a controversy in my part of the US over the allowance of students to revert to using their fist language in certain situations. By law, they...
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M C Johnstone
mcjsa
Jul 4, 2011 4:48 pm
That's funny. Teachers think they are above the law. What a surprise. Mark On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:31 +0000, "bretgosselin" <bretgosselin@...> wrote: We...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jul 4, 2011 4:59 pm
Hi Bret, Are you by chance in Arizona? :-) My answer to your question (Is it appropriate...?) would be an unequivocal Yes, and I would arrange a discussion...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 4, 2011 5:21 pm
Bret, I'm constitutionally against bans. If someone suggests I cannot/must not do something I immediately want to do it. In the context of language learning I...
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M C Johnstone
mcjsa
Jul 4, 2011 5:27 pm
Rob, I think you're joking about Arizona. I went to school in Texas, in a district that was 50% Hispanic, and it was absolutely forbidden to speak Spanish...
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Carla arena
carlaarena
Jul 4, 2011 6:45 pm
The CALL Interest Section of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) offers language teachers world-wide the opportunity to...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 4, 2011 7:17 pm
Thanks, Fiona I think, for zapping the accidental posting. ... From: Dennis Newson <djn@...> Apologies for Gmail's trigger-happy posting. I had...
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Purple
purple.haize
Jul 5, 2011 12:03 am
An interesting proposition. I teach in an adult education college and our ESOL departments absolutely forbid L1 for the first few terms of the year. This is...
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Bruno Leys
leysbruno
Jul 5, 2011 6:16 am
Bret's original post stated "when absolutely necessary". That alone says enough. It would be ridiculous if we choose not to do something, even though it is...
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M C Johnstone
mcjsa
Jul 5, 2011 1:00 pm
Unplugged, as I understand it, attempts to give students a significant degree of control over what is done in a language classroom, when it is done and how...
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fiotf
Jul 5, 2011 3:04 pm
Hi Dennis, rogue post seeked and destroyed. I imagine Rob's off celebrating Independence, but I'm lurking here in the background with light sabre at the ready....
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 5, 2011 3:53 pm
Thanks Fiona. All is hunky-dory. Dennis ... -- -- * *Dennis Newson* Formerly : University of Osnabrueck, GERMANY Committee member | Discussion List Manager |...
I'm against bans too. In the language learning process, we are (or try to be) facilitators. The more we *ease* access to the language, the better. Banning is ...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jul 5, 2011 6:45 pm
Sounds like there is general agreement that we should not ban even bans themselves, just as we shouldn't prohibit prohibition, or restrict restrictions, no...
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Luke Meddings
lukemeddings
Jul 5, 2011 11:27 pm
É proibido proibir...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jul 6, 2011 9:11 pm
Yesterday, our last class together. It's been about a year now. We spent most of the class planning tomorrow's celebration, talking about what we'll need to...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 7, 2011 1:21 am
Rob, I do hope you will share some of the students' remarks with us, if they are not too private. Your remark about the surprise, stimulation and touching...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jul 7, 2011 5:04 am
Dennis, I know how that is, and it says a lot about our public persona (how we act and react as part of a group) vs. our more private selves (one-to- one)....
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 7, 2011 6:39 am
Rob, You wrote: "how we act and react as part of a group) vs. our more private selves (one-to- one). Amazing isn't it?" I found it extraordinary. Speaking to...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jul 7, 2011 5:43 pm
Dennis, This is the kind of intimacy - some feel uncomfortable with that word because they associate it strictly with physical contact - that can enhance any...
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Hanieh
akbarimehr2000
Jul 10, 2011 12:20 pm
Hello all, I am sure most of you have had these lessons and tried it out yourselves. I am going to do a Dogme lesson with beginners next week for my DELTA...
