Hi Mark, It's a pleasure to share some ideas with this wonderful group. I'm saying so
because it is the first time I'm writing a reply to the group. You said;...
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mcjsa@...
mcjsa
Aug 4, 2011 7:52 am
Hello Atef, The technique of working for short spurts and then taking a break is taken from a podcast on time management by "Get it done guy" on...
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Atef
teefa_bsb
Aug 6, 2011 6:32 pm
Hi Graham, You said, " Unfortunately, I think this attitude will lead to the following
responses. First, more people will be inclined to break the law and...
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xd_adi
Aug 7, 2011 12:45 pm
Hi everybody I've just joined the group and thought I'd start reading everything from the beginning. Just wanted to say that this is a wonderful group and that...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Aug 7, 2011 12:54 pm
Welcome Adrian! I'm not sure Dogme is as underground and unknown as it once was, but I'm happy to read how excited you are to have joined what's been called...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Aug 7, 2011 2:19 pm
Reading a friend's G+ post, transcribed from Marion Woodman's talk, "Sitting by the Well – Bringing the Feminine to Consciousness Through Language, Dreams...
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Jane Arnold
j.thaleia
Aug 7, 2011 4:12 pm
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philawade
Aug 7, 2011 9:27 pm
Fantastic thought provoking post Rob. The favourite bit for me was "Being on the road is the goal" This puts so much into a short phrase. For myself, this is...
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harrisonmike84
Aug 8, 2011 10:59 am
Rob, Phil and others, I totally go along with your interpretation of the 'being on the road is the goal' phrase, Phil, and I think your list puts into words...
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philawade
Aug 8, 2011 1:51 pm
Thanks Mike. I thought people would think I was bonkers. I don't like the limiting or 'stage' nature of a lot of places. This may have to do with the CEF...
Hello Phil and Dogme members, I've been reading the list's posts for a few weeks now with a lot of pleasure and interest. The main question I keep asking...
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Jeff
jeffreytaos
Aug 8, 2011 11:29 pm
Did you expect an answer in the immediate moment, or one which has been thought over endlessly and refined for other purposes, say to reveal some inside...
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philawade
Aug 9, 2011 1:21 pm
Hi Andrea, As nobody has stepped in yet I'll offer my feeble example from last term. I started with a syllabus and after the first class it went in the bin as...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Sep 11, 2011 6:04 pm
This article has implications for Dogme: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/opinion/sunday/quality-homework-a-smart-idea.html What are they? Rob [Non-text...
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barbara bianchi
slesia1
Sep 13, 2011 1:19 pm
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barbara bianchi
slesia1
Sep 16, 2011 7:44 pm
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Gavin Dudeney
gavindudeney
Sep 16, 2011 8:57 pm
That's the kind of emergent language you DON'T want... :-) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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George Donnelly
george.donnelly
Sep 19, 2011 6:22 pm
Hi I'm a freelance EFL teacher in Medellín, Colombia. I just took on a new class. The last teacher persuaded them to invest a sizable sum in a textbook (North...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Sep 19, 2011 6:42 pm
*Hi George, Thanks for posting your query here. I was just commenting on Scott's A- Z blog how this discussion list encourages a certain sense of community...
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Natasha Janzen Ulbricht
natashajanzen
Sep 20, 2011 3:11 am
Hi George, If I were a student I would expect that a new teacher does some things differently, but if a "sizable sum" has been invested in these books, I would...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Sep 20, 2011 4:47 am
In a slight modification to this thread, I also have a conundrum. I'm writing less as a teacher and more as a manager. Our institution has an EFL course that...
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oli_beddall
Sep 20, 2011 6:24 am
Dear all Please cast your eyes over the following blog if you have time to spare: olibeddall.wordpress.com Cheers Oli...
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Luke Meddings
lukemeddings
Sep 20, 2011 9:31 am
Hi George, I think Natasha is right to suggest ways in which you can retain the coursebook whilst exploring, and familiarising the learners with, more...
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Scott
scott_thornbury
Sep 20, 2011 10:02 am
Welcome to the club, George! You wrote "several of them have been on the textbook thing for so long that sometimes they actually speak in that artificial...
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Joel
joel_josephson
Sep 20, 2011 10:16 am
r.e. The EU GLOSSA project is offering free online courses for Greek. This message is available in Greek below. The European language education project GLOSSA...
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Luke Meddings
lukemeddings
Sep 20, 2011 10:50 am
Thanks for this link Scott - there's also a link from Nick's excellent blog to a very good piece by Dave Dodgson Luke ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
Sep 21, 2011 4:31 am
I've subscribed, Oli. So far, my favourite part is the boardwork that reads, "I'm not wild about Scotland." It sounds like the slogan of an evil English...
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Oli Beddall
olibeddall
Sep 21, 2011 5:07 am
Hi George It was interesting to read your post. Coincidentally I just wrote a piece last night on a lesson I did recently where the aim was to exploit the...
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harrisonmike84
Sep 21, 2011 3:10 pm
I agree with Diarmuid. I think there's as much, if not more mileage in activities that deal with, as you say, the 'frustration and failure and difficulty'. At...
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Jane Arnold
j.thaleia
Sep 21, 2011 5:57 pm
I agree with Luke and am in a situation somewhat similar to George's. Due to curriculum changes at Spanish Universities, I am having to teach a new language...
