Hi Mr Evil, I explained I had no idea of the dogmetic spirit, all I wanted to say was: "here I am, this is what I've been doing with some students, what do you...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Sep 1, 2003 12:44 pm
Hi Marina, I wasn't 'attacking' you but rather trying to draw everyone's attention to one of the fundamentals of Dogme - that it's the students that are at the...
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sandra natalini ribeiro
sandranatalini
Sep 1, 2003 5:14 pm
Ciao, Marina! I loved your activity with the shapes! It's very creative and fun...As you opened for suggestions,I just wouldn't give them a key at the end..I'd...
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zosia grudzinska
zosienka46
Sep 1, 2003 5:52 pm
... I sat through two hours of a boring staff meeting today - traditional for the teacher's first day at school at mine at least - nothing better to squash...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Sep 1, 2003 8:14 pm
I think Adrian is right when he warns of the pitfalls of sharing planned activities and leaving students outside to wait and see what's in store for them. At...
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Sue Murray
suemurrayit
Sep 1, 2003 10:27 pm
quite a few posters have been taking the words out of my mouth recently (for which I am very grateful) and Sandra's response to Marina is just how I would have...
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Sue Murray
suemurrayit
Sep 1, 2003 10:29 pm
... have ... If it's any help, I've done the same with all my adult class first lessons over the last 2 years (*admittedly*, with the good student...
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Charles Jannuzzi
literacyacro...
Sep 2, 2003 1:44 am
... gesture ... I'm responding to a discussion that is almost a year old, so this should be interesting. The structuralist picture of phonemes and segments...
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lifang67
Sep 2, 2003 4:22 am
Thanks--that was worth the wait! I too strongly believe that if language is socially motivated and socially constructed then it must be worthwhile speculating...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Sep 2, 2003 4:50 am
Hi Doc I don't think there's anything wrong with going in with some *ideas* (not plans) about what you might find out from the students. People go into all...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Sep 2, 2003 5:13 am
Chrales Januzzi wrote: "Therefore, they must use visual clues from the faces of their caregivers combined with the acoustic input to deduce the phonological...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Sep 2, 2003 5:15 am
... From: Charles Jannuzzi <b_rieux@...> To: <dogme@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: [dogme] Re: Paradigms and Gestures...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Sep 2, 2003 5:36 am
Charles and dk, Are you familiar with the book Ways of seeing by John Berger (BBC and Penguin Books 1972)? It was also a BBC television series in, I think,...
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zosia grudzinska
zosienka46
Sep 2, 2003 6:27 am
... Good for you and them! I (my students) have had only a partial success, three of them (aged 14 and 15) passed their FCE and two (aged 16) failed. But:...
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dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 7:02 am
Robert writes: "It can frighten some teachers/learners to imagine entering a classroom without any shred of planned activities or materials. I believe it would...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 7:55 am
Zosia writes/asks: "I suppose I should have said that I'm being friendly with them, not friends... might that be the difference? I think that's it, Zosia. I...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 9:05 am
Robert writes: " ........... the more natural the approach to learning, the more it will resemble authentic human interaction, which tends to involve us as...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 9:11 am
Jane, I think, mentioned new terms and teachers returning their thoughts to the classroom. I've just been sent a copy of the course offerings in further ...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 9:13 am
Rob writes: "It can frighten some teachers/learners to imagine entering a classroom without any shred of planned activities or materials. I believe it would...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 9:29 am
Apologies for two versions of a couple of mails. My server lost the originals and I assumed they had gone astray for ever and re- wrote. Dennis...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Sep 2, 2003 9:54 am
Sandra asks: Is planning the class against the principles of Dogme? Well .... not necessarily. And, as usual someone has said exactly what I would have liked...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
Sep 2, 2003 10:16 am
Hey, friend Adrian. Aren't you spinning words? You write you sit : "wondering what surprises lie in store, wondering what I should do if nobody has anything...
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sddowling
profshaun36
Sep 2, 2003 10:41 am
Hi Zosia On the friends thing Probably the people who took you to task at the IATEFL just saw an opportunity to give a more TEACHER view. They probably think...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Sep 2, 2003 10:43 am
But it's like you said before Dennis, it's the use of experience (those tricks up your sleeve). + what you're 'planning' is ways to initiate output NOT what...
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marina sanzin
msanzin
Sep 2, 2003 12:31 pm
Thank you Sandra and Sue, thank you Dr. Evil, I know you didn't mean to attack. I used to be the kind of teacher who was planning everything in her mind and I...
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midill@...
rhdill
Sep 2, 2003 1:43 pm
I often remain friends with students long after they have completed my class. Last week I had lunch with a former student from Argentina, a dermatologist in...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Sep 2, 2003 4:51 pm
I don't know if what Rosemary writes about is "real dogme", but it certainly forms part of what dogme is all about. Perhaps it's closer to the truth to write...
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midill@...
rhdill
Sep 2, 2003 5:33 pm
ALL of my students want to be in the class I teach and want to learn English. That is because I teach in the US and they need English for survival and ...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Sep 2, 2003 6:04 pm
Thanks to all who've posted recently; I've enjoyed reading your contributions on why we feel frightened in front of the class and on planning. I have to say...
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midill@...
rhdill
Sep 2, 2003 7:38 pm
Students willingness to be present has little to do with us. Before they enter our classes, they dont' even know who we are!! If the students llive in the...
