I've really enjoyed reading the latest posts, especially Sue's stream of consciousness about the YLs classes, and dk's about the Korean folk story, which...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Dec 2, 2002 9:39 pm
A long time ago we were talking about the order of language acquisition and ... The answer is clearly yes! Over the past ix months I've tried to note how much...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Dec 2, 2002 9:40 pm
Where do I find the archives?...
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Diarmuid
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 2, 2002 9:56 pm
go to groups.yahoo.com/group/dogme and click on the archives button. What are you going to do, read em to the hound? ... From: Adrian Tennant To:...
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Fiona M
fiotf
Dec 3, 2002 1:05 am
Far from being a dog, my three-year-old-on-Thursday son is beginning to grasp all his languages right now, and is sorting out his consonants etc - but grammar...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 3, 2002 4:16 am
Fiona, Not only did I understand you, I found your brief description of your son's language highly stimulating. I began to follow your line of reasoning and...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 3, 2002 4:50 am
Adrian, If you go to the Yahoogroups website you will find all the dogme postings numbered, searchable and recoverable. There is also a files section, where...
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lifang67
Dec 3, 2002 5:14 am
Yes, the concept of "word pivots" comes from Roger Brown, whose theory of first language acquisition is what started us after the hare of acquisition orders...
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Tom Topham
tom_topham
Dec 3, 2002 6:10 am
Difficult people. I want to canvas this group for your horror stories, possibly just to make me feel better. It seems like so often things here on Dogme are...
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Tom Topham
tom_topham
Dec 3, 2002 6:25 am
... In my experience, dogs respond much better to intonation and facial clues than to lexis. Here's a cruel experiment you can try to prove the point. In your...
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Tom Topham
tom_topham
Dec 3, 2002 6:31 am
... I always thought it was because I didn't know who Vygotsky was! ... I won't say it, I won't say it, keep your mouth shut Tom... ...
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Robert.Buckmaster@...
rbuckmasteree
Dec 3, 2002 6:47 am
Dear Tom, You are not alone. I've had problem situations with students. One girl announced as she came to the first lesson that she didn't like language games...
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Glynnis McCourt
gmccourt@...
Dec 3, 2002 9:02 am
Do you have tutorials ( one-one) on a regular basis? I have found it easier to tackle 'difficult' students, especially when there is no chance of support from...
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rob
romiha1
Dec 3, 2002 9:42 am
I'm reading The Way of Transition by William Bridges (author of Transitions). I've drawn an interesting parallel (okay, interesting to ME) between his three...
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Peter Coles
pwrcolesuk
Dec 3, 2002 10:45 am
Tom, I would imagine that we have all had or heard of situations like yours. A colleague once asked a student on the first day of a course, "What is your...
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Peter Coles
pwrcolesuk
Dec 3, 2002 10:52 am
"Sana ne?" in Turkish, means "What's it to you?". Apologies to all for my typo....
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dnewson@...
dnewson2001
Dec 3, 2002 11:53 am
I am very confused by Tom's posting. I used the word "pivot", but what was your posting about, Tom? Have I missed some messages? Dennis...
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Jeff Bragg
jeff_bragg2001
Dec 3, 2002 1:10 pm
An excellent posting from Tom, as usual, and one that I hope I can perhaps add a little wisdom to. First the experience. I once took a colleague's group for a ...
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Tom Topham
tom_topham
Dec 3, 2002 1:44 pm
... I think you must have missed post 2590 called 'Word Pivots and "Get a Life"' from lifang67. He was saying something about long turns and short turns in ...
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rob
romiha1
Dec 3, 2002 7:34 pm
We can demonstrate that we have learned certain things (like "the people stuff"), can't we. For example, Tom might have better skills for dealing with the next...
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rob
romiha1
Dec 3, 2002 8:13 pm
Sorry about the mix up; this went to the wrong thread. ... From: rob To: TEAvirtual@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:53 AM Subject: Tom's...
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Colin Mackenzie
colinfrance
Dec 3, 2002 9:21 pm
Tom Y-thanks for that posting, it made me think. It gave me the feeling that I'd been through a similar situation but when I really thought about it I realised...
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Diarmuid
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 3, 2002 9:51 pm
Well, Tom...whilst things may be all sweetness and light ON the list, what goes on behind the scenes ain't always so chirpy. I've been called things that I...
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Diarmuid
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 3, 2002 10:07 pm
because before you go, I want to reassure you that asserting your authority is perfectly in keeping with dogme and the spirit of it. As a teacher you work...
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lifang67
Dec 3, 2002 11:50 pm
Last August, thanks to Scott's incompetent distributor in Korea, I was left without a book for my Pedagogical Grammar class. With only two weeks to go before...
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Tom Topham
tom_topham
Dec 4, 2002 5:18 am
... You are quite right here, I guess I just wanted to get it off my chest. Although I already knew it, I wanted to hear from people I trusted that I am not an...
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Tom Topham
tom_topham
Dec 4, 2002 5:19 am
... You are quite right here, I guess I just wanted to get it off my chest. Although I already knew it, I wanted to hear from people I trusted that I am not an...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 4, 2002 6:45 am
I hardly know where to begin with anecdotes about difficult pupils I have had to deal with (often unsuccessfully) during the course of my teaching career. And...
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Diarmuid
diarmuid_fog...
Dec 4, 2002 7:08 am
You said it, Dennis! I would have loved to see you and Ali in Qatar! But, don't worry about the Brownie points. Whilst I think we would all agree that it is...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Dec 4, 2002 10:46 am
Just to make it clear, I didn't beat Prince Ali into a pulp and in his matcho world I scored unwanted points in quite a few eyes, including Ali's. But force...
