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...
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Joel
joel_josephson
Oct 9, 2012 3:16 pm
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...
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masee
masee_86
Oct 9, 2012 8:03 pm
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...
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leonitanz
Oct 18, 2012 11:55 pm
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...
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Scott Thornbury
scott_thornbury
Oct 19, 2012 12:00 am
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...
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leonitanz
Oct 19, 2012 2:49 am
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...
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leonitanz
Oct 19, 2012 8:12 am
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...
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leonitanz
Oct 22, 2012 9:16 pm
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...
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Bruno LEYS
leysbruno
Oct 23, 2012 6:47 am
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....
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Oct 23, 2012 3:19 pm
Have the list seen this? http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/seminars/a-dogme-lesson-luke-meddings-exeter Dennis -- -- * *Dennis Newson* Formerly : University of...
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leonitanz
Oct 24, 2012 1:54 am
Thanks for the link!...
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leonitanz
Oct 24, 2012 1:54 am
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...
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mcjsa@...
mcjsa
Oct 24, 2012 8:00 am
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...
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yolande.deane
Oct 29, 2012 2:24 am
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...
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mcjsa@...
mcjsa
Oct 29, 2012 6:04 am
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...
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leonitanz
Oct 29, 2012 2:28 pm
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...
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yolande.deane
Oct 30, 2012 10:56 am
Thanks for your reply, it's very helpful....
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adriana
gale7_oasis
Oct 31, 2012 2:52 pm
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...
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Robert Haines
romiha1
Oct 31, 2012 3:55 pm
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...
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Abdul
abdulkhadar_kh
Nov 1, 2012 2:59 am
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...
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adriana bausells
gale7_oasis
Nov 1, 2012 10:20 am
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...
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ML Jun
ginuemlk
Nov 1, 2012 11:57 am
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...
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adriana bausells
gale7_oasis
Nov 2, 2012 8:02 am
Hello ML! Thanks for your email, that's great to know! I will take your advice very much into account :) Good luck with everything! Adri ...
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Liz Turner
liz_t_51
Nov 3, 2012 2:01 pm
Hello ML & Adriana, As a CELTA trainer myself (but also as a teacher who believes in keeping it real in the classroom), I experience a certain amount of...
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Gerald Bourdeau
von_bourdeau
Nov 10, 2012 10:38 am
Hey all, Check out my new blog. http://geraldvonbourdeau.wordpress.com/ . It is called Teaching Unplugged in the Triggering Town. I'm interested in Teaching...
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Natasha Janzen Ulbricht
natashajanzen
Nov 13, 2012 11:10 am
Greetings! Currently I'm working as a teacher educator in rural Southern Africa in situations that are quite unplugged. There are many challenges for teachers...
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Natasha Janzen Ulbricht
natashajanzen
Nov 15, 2012 7:47 pm
Greetings!! Currently I'm working as a teacher educator in rural Southern Africa in situations that are quite unplugged. There are many challenges for teachers...
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Rita Baker
lydbury85
Nov 27, 2012 5:35 pm
To anybody planning to do CELTA - one of the biggest challenges is to be able to identify and understand the segment of language that you're preparing to...
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masee
masee_86
Dec 10, 2012 6:38 pm
Hi Bruno, Leona and Mark Thanks for sharing your ideas, I'm managing to have an experimental course of Dogme on reading comprehension in a few months, will let...
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masee
masee_86
Dec 15, 2012 11:30 am
Hi again, I was wondering about the underlying foundation of Dogme specially considering reading comprehension, i know it's related to Freir's critical...
