Thanks Sue and Dennis (both 6/27 "Presentness and Students") for broadening the notes discussion (and thanks to others for their note-related comments, too). ...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 4, 2003 12:58 am
And then there's this thing called the heart, which might actually be just as important, if not more so, than 'the brain', which our age of cognitive science...
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midill@...
rhdill
Jul 4, 2003 3:11 am
Some students can't "just sit" in a class without a pencil and paper. I think for some ADD types, it helps them to focus on what is being said. Rosemary ...
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Sue Murray
suemurrayit
Jul 4, 2003 9:45 pm
... correct" and what is actually praticed in the language. Or is there such a thing? for example, on the back cover of the fairly recent Oxford Collocations...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 5, 2003 7:19 am
Quote: Forget the battle, I'm off to the ballet "I agree that art is useless, but so is life, and it's precisely our awareness of the "uselessness" of life...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jul 5, 2003 8:06 am
Whilst I agree with Sue, I disagree with her too. When I look at the successful actor, the first word that comes into my head is "hugely". The fact that Sue...
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Tom Smith
htimsmot2003
Jul 5, 2003 10:36 am
In the case of "one of the most successful reggae artists" surely this is a superlative not a collocation, whereas in the case of "a most successful tour" it ...
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Glenys Hanson
ghanson47
Jul 5, 2003 3:03 pm
Hi everyone, I hope you don't mind me going back to the grammar topic (I was very busy in June and have only now had time to catch up reading all your ...
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Peachey Pape
nikpeachey
Jul 7, 2003 2:47 pm
Hi Everyone Just like to mention a couple of websites that may be of interest. The first is http://searchenglish.britishcouncil.org/ which is a combined ELT...
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nadine_bussmann
Jul 7, 2003 9:04 pm
Hello, My name is nadine and i am student at the university of muenster. I am supposed to give a speech about the "Dogme-Approach" to esl. What i would like...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 7, 2003 9:16 pm
Hi Nadine, In order to learn what a more dogmetic lesson might look like, I would first refer you to http://www.teaching-unplugged.com/ching-unplugged.com,...
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sthornbury@...
scott_thornbury
Jul 7, 2003 9:25 pm
Nadine, go to http://www.teaching-unplugged.com/resources.html You'll find some descriptions of lessons there. Good luck! Scott...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jul 7, 2003 10:06 pm
Hi Nadine While I am of the opinion that there is no such thing as the "typical" dogme lesson (each dogme class depending on the teacher and the students), I...
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nadine_bussmann
Jul 8, 2003 10:07 pm
HI Thank you so much for your help. the links were helpful and i hope i can "design" a dogme lesson for my classmates. I am really greatful and i hope that i...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 8, 2003 10:12 pm
Thursday, I begin my six-hour training at a school where I've been offered work. The training is to include an outline of the curriculum, 3 hours of...
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iris elish
saftairis
Jul 9, 2003 6:08 am
Shalom Someone mentioned a book, Uncovering Grammar. Who wrote and pubished it? Thanks, Iris Elish ... Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 9, 2003 6:21 am
Since there is an underlying critical interest in school textbooks here I thought list members might be interested in a long posting by Graham Tritt of the...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Jul 9, 2003 7:17 am
Uncovering Grammar is by Scott Thornbury, published by Macmillan Heinemann ELT, 2001. See http://www.greekelt.net/Uncovering.htm for a review. Julian...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Jul 9, 2003 2:27 pm
Hi all, ... response should be the best answer not merely a possible answer. How can anything be a 'best' answer? If it's possible then it's correct, ...
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jonathanmcf2000
Jul 9, 2003 3:25 pm
I am an English teacher and have been in Spain for the last 14 years or so, teaching in different academies and organisations, but at present am teaching an...
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zosia grudzinska
zosienka46
Jul 9, 2003 4:55 pm
... I think you're in for some hard times, Rob. So if they "used that" and stopped, what are they using now? The real question is, what's your leverage...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 10, 2003 4:23 am
How not to run a language school A friend, in her early 50s, visiting us while on leave from West Africa, explained how her organisation had sent her to a ...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 10, 2003 4:34 am
Rob and Zosia's mails do raise in my mind a central tactical and strategic issue - How can, what shall I call him/her, how can an enlightened, competent,...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 10, 2003 5:05 am
Good question, Dennis. I feel I'm about to find out. For the past five years, I've been at a center where I've had relative freedom to subvert the dominant...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 10, 2003 5:16 am
Yes, and this from the person who writes of an un-*manned* lab in France.:-) ... From: Dennis Newson <dnewson@...> To: <dogme@yahoogroups.com> Sent:...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Jul 10, 2003 5:38 am
(And now for something really unimportant) Rob teases me for referring to an "unmanned"; language laboratory. As it happens I paused when writing after using ...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Jul 10, 2003 10:07 am
Jonathan wrote ("MA in ELT"): "Recently, I have begun to become very interested in the idea of taking a MA distance course, and was wondering whether there...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jul 10, 2003 6:03 pm
I know one of my colleagues who is doing the MA at Aston (in the UK) by distance and she seems very happy with it... ... From: Julian Bamford To:...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 10, 2003 8:24 pm
I've mentioned two programs off-line that I think are good ones. I think you also need to consider the following: What are your goals? Aston, for example, has...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Jul 10, 2003 10:11 pm
Before reading this, please note that running a language learning center is a tough job. It can't be easy to manage complaints, staff, faculty, agents and...
