We have received a good number of proposals so far for this project (see below) and - although the deadline has expired - we're happy to extend it for a bit...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 5, 2012 8:14 am
Scott will be submitting when i get off this train in 5 hours Dennis ... dogme-unsubscribe@...! Groups Links ... [Non-text portions of this...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 5, 2012 9:59 pm
Greetings, list. I had an interesting conversation tonight with a friend who does many hours a week teaching EFL in Second Life. My friend - an excellent...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 5, 2012 11:14 pm
Hi, Dennis, and Happy New Year! Were the students in SL all from the same country? If so, which one? If not, do you know where they were from? And just to...
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mcjsa@...
mcjsa
Jan 6, 2012 7:34 am
Hi Dennis and Rob, I think you may be onto something, Rob, with your question about the diversity of students in the SL group Dennis is asking about. There is...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 6, 2012 8:16 am
Mark, Interesting observations. Rob, to answer your questions - as far as I know, students were from a mixed bunch of countries- We are talking about SL, so...
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Rita Baker
lydbury85
Jan 6, 2012 10:52 am
I think the main thing is to be armed with simple starters - 'hooks' which act as catalysts. Most people are more interested in themselves than external...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 6, 2012 1:03 pm
Rita. Thanks so much for all those practical suggestions. And I would have thought emphasizing that attention should be on the speakers, because that is what...
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Rita Baker
lydbury85
Jan 6, 2012 3:30 pm
Thanks Dennis R :) From: dogme@yahoogroups.com [mailto:dogme@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Newson Sent: 06 January 2012 13:03 To: dogme@yahoogroups.com ...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 7, 2012 7:13 pm
Dennis, I think Rita's examples and comments answer your question well: In short, get to know the people in the room as best you can, and help them talk about...
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Carlos
mathsound101
Jan 10, 2012 12:42 pm
Hello, I am a secondary school teacher, doctoral student, and lecturer in a teaching training program in Hong Kong. I work with ethnic minority students here,...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 10, 2012 2:50 pm
Welcome Carlos! I remember how excited I was to join this group a decade ago, finding a 'theory behind my practice' as you say. I have learned a great deal ...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 15, 2012 11:15 am
Just came across this, which has some reflections on Dogme http://languagegarden.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/a-fresh-ride/ Dennis -- -- * *Dennis Newson* Formerly...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 16, 2012 5:24 am
I've an idea I forgot to mention on this list a series of 11 presentations and discussions that I and two colleagues put together as part of the TESOL EVO...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 17, 2012 3:35 pm
Thanks you, Dennis. The audio for Graham's presentation was unfortunately not the best. Is there any way to help? Rob ... [Non-text portions of this message...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 17, 2012 3:44 pm
Hi, Rob. I'm just going to have a quick listen and then I will get back to you, Dennis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 17, 2012 3:55 pm
Rob, I just listened into the recording at about 6 different points, and it was fine. The first few minutes are a bit sub-standard, but still perfectly easy to...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 18, 2012 2:43 am
Hi Dennis, Thank you for taking the time to check the audio. Perhaps it is a problem here (local). I'll give it another go. And thanks again for sharing this! ...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 25, 2012 4:20 pm
Hi, remember the ELT Dogme group? :-) First, let me say there's a point to be made about Dogme at the end of this long post if you'd like to skip to that....
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Bruno Leys
leysbruno
Jan 25, 2012 5:02 pm
Thanks for sharing this, Rob. My new colleague was "moping" a little today about how little some of our teacher trainee students had studied for their semester...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 25, 2012 5:31 pm
Couldn't have said it any better, Bruno. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, and what's going on there in your corner of the ELT universe. :-) Rob ... [Non-text...
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philawade
Jan 25, 2012 7:22 pm
Great post and lesson Rob. My speaking lessons have been going through another revolution lately as I decided to just talk about topics. The first lesson was a...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 26, 2012 3:15 pm
Dear Bruno and Rob, I am aware that my own logic almost pushes me to say something extreme like: In EFL forget teaching and you will increase the chance that ...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Jan 27, 2012 4:43 pm
I'm posting this excerpt from Scott here for those who might have missed it, because these ideas seem not to have been made clear - though probably just to me...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jan 30, 2012 2:32 pm
Stephen Krashen will be speaking at the IATEFL YLTSIG EVO event this evening online at: http://yltsigevo2012.wordpress.com/ ('Three short presentations"). All...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Feb 1, 2012 5:53 pm
Recently, it was intimated that, since the students I work with have long breaks between classes, I might consider assigning more homework. I'm certainly not...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Feb 2, 2012 9:17 am
Have n ot been able to look at this yet, but thought the list would be interested. Dennis On 2 February 2012 02:05, Chia Suan Chong < ... -- -- * *Dennis...
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eslkathyf
Feb 5, 2012 6:06 pm
Hi all! Are any dogme sympathizers attending or presenting at the upcoming TESOL convention in Philadelphia? I attended two years ago in Boston and had a...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Feb 5, 2012 6:15 pm
Hi Kathy, Nope! Attended the one in Boston as well and was really disappointed. Badly organised with sessions at all sorts of times, overlapping so if you went...
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Jeff
jeffreytaos
Feb 5, 2012 7:05 pm
I would not consider myself a sympathizer, as what is there to feel sympathetic about. Is dogma really a run away on the fringe? I hope you enjoy the show...
