Hello Doggies, Some of you may remember I posted last year re: 'Dogme Style DELTA'; belated thanks to those who replied with help and advice... Since then I've...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 1, 2003 11:56 am
Pete, Your job sounds one hell of a challenge - immensely worthwhile and down-to-reality, but I can't pretend I'm not relieved that it's your challenge rather...
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Renata Suzuki
grankageva
Apr 1, 2003 2:42 pm
Dear Pete, Amazing you and what a challenge! Falling asleep here Dennis' suggestion floated in my brain: "You've clearly got to have your students with you all...
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spanishsiesta
Apr 1, 2003 3:42 pm
Hi Pete, Agree with the others so far. A bit scary, but what a challenge! Just a few questions first of all - what is the syllabus you mentioned and can you...
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Pete.
peterhart2000
Apr 1, 2003 4:45 pm
Hi, Thanks hugely for the replies so far - have been scrutinising them closely... Answers to questions; Can't dump the syllabus - it's the Adult ESOL Core...
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Diarmuid
Diarmuid_Fog...
Apr 1, 2003 8:55 pm
Hi Pete Well, you're certainly not alone! I think you're question is one that is going to cause some head-scratching to the Dogmetics, largely because most...
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Jay Schwartz
jschwartz63
Apr 1, 2003 10:19 pm
Hi Pete & everyone, Firstly, good luck to you Pete! As I'm sure you will hear many say you are in for both a challenging but potentially rewarding experience. ...
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lifang67
Apr 1, 2003 11:36 pm
Dear Renata: Thanks for the tangent, which was not tangential at all. It's obviously relevant to the problem Diarmuid raised about cultural expectations in the...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 2, 2003 4:46 am
Pete, If the idea of becoming a " figure of authority" as Diarmuid suggests, brings you out in a sweat, try two legally defined positions instead - a "fit...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Apr 2, 2003 9:07 am
'I'm anticipating getting flamed for this but being an authority is not necessarily a negative thing. If you accept that your authority is on loan to you and...
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halima
freespiritwo...
Apr 2, 2003 1:34 pm
Hello everyone here, I am a new member to this list and have been following some of the recent discussions and am pleased to read about other people...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 2, 2003 3:49 pm
Dear Pete, ... Adult Literacy Core Curriculum. Gov't inspectors are coming again in May and it's the benchmark they use - college doesn't satisfy requirements...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Apr 2, 2003 3:56 pm
Isn't this the proof of the pudding? Now we can just take over, can't we? ... Luke Meddings London ... From: "Adrian Tennant" <adrian.tennant@...> To:...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 2, 2003 6:57 pm
I took my wif......, sorry, the regular teacher's class today as planned. For those of you who missed the beginning - this is a class of 16 11/12-year-olds in...
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Sue Murray
suemurrayit
Apr 2, 2003 9:47 pm
coming in a bit late here, but Pete's situation and all the related postings are at the heart of dogme (and, as Diarmuid suggested, also at the heart of...
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Diarmuid
Diarmuid_Fog...
Apr 2, 2003 9:52 pm
Before Dr Evil sends us all down the path of anarchy (!), let's just be clear...was the syllabus you dumped THE syllabus (ie the National Curriculum, as...
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sthornbury@...
scott_thornbury
Apr 2, 2003 10:02 pm
Don't know whether this is relevant, but Marilyn Manson (the outrageous punk-goth rock singer, on whose antics many people blamed the Columbine school...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 3, 2003 8:02 am
Diarmuid, Unfortunately not 'the' syllabus. But the 'the' syllabus is not used for either EFL or ESOL. I'm fairly sure that the syllabus that Pete is referring...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 3, 2003 10:18 am
The Albanian boy said to my wife this morning: "That lesson with your husband was more English than school." (...mehr Englisch als Schule). ... But school,...
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Diarmuid
Diarmuid_Fog...
Apr 3, 2003 8:28 pm
Doc I can see where the confusion is arising. Pete and myself are indeed talking about the same thing which is actually called the Adult ESOL core curriculum...
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Dimitrijevic
dimitrijevic@...
Apr 4, 2003 1:32 pm
During a Methodology class at my University today I happened to mention the fact that there ARE some guys out there who don't think it's essential to have all...
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diarmuid_fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Apr 4, 2003 3:08 pm
Any comments? Well, you could start by asking your "teacher" whether screaming at students for 5m34s would help would-be teachers pass the exam....
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Apr 4, 2003 3:20 pm
Dear Danica, Mmm, What's your teachers name? Ask her if she has been to the Ministry of Education Winter or Summer Schools. Tell her my name (Adrian Tennant)...
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Jay Schwartz
jschwartz63
Apr 4, 2003 4:16 pm
Danica wrote: "This had my teacher screaming at me for the next 5 mins 34 secs" I wonder how your teacher accounted for this outburst in HIS lesson plan? ...
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Sue Murray
suemurrayit
Apr 4, 2003 7:13 pm
Hi Danica. Perhaps (ahem hem...) what your teacher meant was that learners shouldn't get in the way of Lesson Plans ..... after all, what're they for?? (I'll...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Apr 5, 2003 4:30 am
From my particular experience, Danica, whether it was in Ghana in West Africa in the 60s, Qatar in the Arabian Gulf in the 70s or at the University of...
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lifang67
Apr 5, 2003 5:04 am
Why "lesson plans" don't actually plan lessons (even planned lessons). First of all, only one person in the classroom gets a copy. You can argue that...
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Renata Suzuki
grankageva
Apr 5, 2003 6:13 am
Dear Danica, It sounds like you had a really surprising reaction to your attempts to set up a dialogue in the classroom. Your teacher obviously didn't feel...
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Tom Maguire
tommaguire2001
Apr 5, 2003 10:30 am
Hello renata and All, ... Thanks for a balanced reply, Renata. I agree with you that there is more than one viewpoint here and that challenging class...
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dombraham@...
dominic_braham
Apr 7, 2003 5:10 pm
Danica, what I always say to trainee teachers about this issue is "It is good to have a plan to give you confidence and have a sense of where you want the ...
