Hi Rob Thank you for your email. I now have my copy of 'Teaching Unplugged' and one or two other resources and need to settle down to look at your other...
Hi John, I just came across this thread, and thought you might find this piece I wrote helpful (if you are still teaching the same student you mention in your...
Hi Dave, Could you tell me what PCE stands for. As for apps, I am certain they will come put faster than new theories. I have seen a few, but none of...
Hi guys I'm a new member. I'm just about to crack on with my Experimental Practice assignment as part of DELTA. I am going to do a Dogme lesson and I am...
Hello Natalie, The idea of writing (or better to say adapting in my case) a coursebook came to my mind too, and interesting enough while doing the DELTA just...
Just let them take you, you'll find stuff coming up you never expected - I did Dogme for my experimental practice a few years back - it was an adventure. From:...
May I suggest that you write that coursebook? You may find that it travels far more than you have, and even earns you more than a few dollars. Many English...
Hi everyone I've recently written about an experience of using a dogme-like approach with a beginners group which might be of interest to some members of this...
r.e. Language project for young language learners Music has been shown to have a very positive impact on language learning and the EU Comenius, FolkDC project...
Hey everybody I wanna know more about Dogme kind of teaching reading comprehension in upper intermediate levels, you know I'm working on this project "The...
Hi everyone. I have only just recently heard of Dogme, many ideas resonate with my own developing philosophy for teaching. When I teach I arrive at each...
Thanks for that upbeat message, Leona. It's always good to hear that there are teachers out there who have been rewardingly 'doing Dogme' for ages without...
Oh... I have also taught in a non-English speaking primary school in Chile with 40 students in a classroom of only desks and chairs. The Dogme approach worked...
I'm teaching at a private English language school in Christchurch. It's an afternoon conversation class with no set text. I have 12 international adult...
Hi Masi, I am also interested in how the Dogme approach looks in a classroom. Have you had anyone contributing ideas for your thesis? For me, teaching...
Dear Leona, Masi and others I totally agree with how Leona's stresses the importance of a “real need to read". I quite like the movie descriptions activity....
Have the list seen this? http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/a-dogme-lesson-luke-meddings-exeter Dennis -- -- * *Dennis Newson* Formerly : University of...
Hi Bruno amd others... Thanks!! Yeah, Tv descriptions is a good idea too! I have done the hotel brochure type lesson many times before, but the problem I find...
Hi Bruno, Thanks for these interesting ideas on reading. This seems to be casting "real" reading as instrumental reading where the need is conjured up by an...
Hello I'll be teaching a kindergarten group in China and there may be very limited resources, has anybody ever tried dogme with such a young age group? I know...
Hi Yolande, Dogme is ideal for this age group, especially lower KG. My wife teaches this level in Saudi Arabia and while they really love the academic / book...
Hi Yolande, I have been in a similar situation. I started out with their bodies, naming body parts. Then doing actions, then combining body parts and...
Hey all! I'm Adriana, I just joined the group and I'm about to begin with my CELTA challenge, the course starting next Monday. I'm really looking forward to it...
Hi Adriana, Welcome! And Happy Halloween if relevant. There are sure to be queries similar to yours, and the attendant advice, in the archives. I suggest a...
Hi Adriana All the best!CELTA has been one of the top events in my wish list too,but I havent been able to embark on it yet.Hope that I might be able to get...
Hi Rob! Thanks for the advice, it sure was helpful and I will make sure I go back to it during the course, as I'm certain by then I will be able to make even...
Hello Adriana, Like Rob, I did my CELTA sometime ago and currently have one of my instructors taking the course. The only advise I gave him was 1) be prepared...
