Dear all, I'm venturing onto your turf after a loud discussion with Scott in a Dublin hotel bar on this issue (well, a group of drummers kept stomping through...
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David French
david@...
Apr 4, 2000 11:12 am
Welcome aboard, Jeremy ... In answer to this point I'd say that reliance on coursebooks etc. can give teachers the impression that they're not capable of...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 4, 2000 12:05 pm
I warned you we might expect some nutters on board! No seriously - it's great to hear a (mildly) dissenting voice - we were getting a bit inward looking. I am...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 4, 2000 4:06 pm
It's me again. Still a bit dizzy from Dublin - must have been the Guiness. Things that struck me: 1. Chatting with Duane Kindt by chance, who's a Canadian...
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Jeremy Harmer
jeremy.harmer@...
Apr 5, 2000 1:45 pm
Here's the mildly dissenting nutter again (!) to answer 2 of David's points. The obvious one first: asteristks either side of a *word* sort of highlight that...
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David French
david@...
Apr 5, 2000 2:41 pm
Jeremy, ... I agree with you. Scott's original article sparked off the discussion we've had over the last couple of weeks. But haven't particularly dwelled on...
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Karl Kaliski
kkaliski@...
Apr 5, 2000 7:08 pm
Dear all, I thought it was about time someone else got in on the Scott, Luke, David (and Jeremy) show! Actually, I've been following the debate with interest ...
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G Hall
g.hall@...
Apr 6, 2000 11:07 am
Hi, Thanks for the Dogme address Scott. If I can stumble on board the discussion and tentatively offer a few fairly random thoughts, which are perhaps slightly...
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dan humm
dan_humm@...
Apr 6, 2000 1:57 pm
Dear Luke,David and Scott, This is a lesson which i recently gave and i believe that it could be described as an organic lesson. It involves use of prepared...
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David French
david@...
Apr 6, 2000 2:41 pm
I'm director of a language school in Cieszyn, Poland. (I've lived in Poland for about 9 of the last 12 years). I'm enjoying teaching more than I ever have. I...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 6, 2000 4:59 pm
Nice to hear some new voices - hi Graham (any news on the special interest group for teachers we talked about in Dublin??!!), and thanks Karl - more than the...
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Jeremy Harmer
jeremy.harmer@...
Apr 7, 2000 5:32 pm
Dear all, nice to see the group expanding, though it's quite right to point out that it's only a boy's group so far. For me, however, a far more interesting...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 8, 2000 8:55 pm
Thank heavens for Jeremy - at least there's something to react to! First of all - why are there no women? I persuaded Kate Leigh (free lance TT-er and very...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Apr 9, 2000 3:32 pm
Hi folks This is partly a line to Jeremy to say I tried getting in touch using your old e-mail number I had from the Gazette a few weeks ago but couldn't, so...
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David French
david@...
Apr 10, 2000 2:22 pm
Answering Jeremy, With any luck I'll get a few non-native speakers to have a look at the discussion and the chances are they'll be women as about 70% of the...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 10, 2000 7:54 pm
Here is a slightly expanded version of the intro to the handout I posted in the weekend: Teaching from the hip Coursebooks are designed to mediate learning....
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dan humm
dan_humm@...
Apr 12, 2000 1:42 pm
Dear All, There are a number of points which have been raised recently which need clarification. The first is the now much discussed concept of 'free fall'...
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אסף רינ...
ajr5@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:19 pm
To whom it may concern: I am an English teacher in Israel. I've heard about your forum form David French and I would like to join. My Email is :...
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dan humm
dan_humm@...
Apr 12, 2000 3:48 pm
Dear Paula, It's great to have a woman's input in the group. At the moment as I'm sure David has told you it is definitely just a boy's club. We also need to...
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G Hall
g.hall@...
Apr 12, 2000 5:14 pm
Hi The e-mail's been down for a few days - maybe I've missed the most recent comments (well, that's my excuse for going off at a tangent again). David, you...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:24 pm
Following up on Dan's point: This question of planning came up in the teachers meeting I gave yesterday on Dogme-type principles (but incorporating the use of ...
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Scott Thornbury
sthornbury@...
Apr 12, 2000 6:33 pm
Dear all, You know that if you miss messages on your home email, you can catch up with everything on www.egroups.com/group/dogme Cheers, scott...
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David French
david@...
Apr 13, 2000 8:14 am
When I read the dogme contributions sometimes I'm nodding in agreement or thinking that someone's phrased something very well. At other times someone says ...
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G Hall
g.hall@...
Apr 13, 2000 9:24 am
David, Following: 'Thereafter the problem is not a planning one so much as a management one.' Scott I get the point and the shift of emphasis is right. But...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Apr 13, 2000 9:35 am
Sunny Thursday morning? Get me a ticket to Poland! More messages will follow *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********...
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David French
david@...
Apr 13, 2000 9:59 am
Dear All, I'm attaching the article that's going into our newsletter. Also a request. It would be great if we, me included, could give examples from real...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Apr 13, 2000 11:51 am
Hi David Thanks for this, I think it's excellent. I'm trying to rush less into writing and taking time to reflect maybe more than I was before my break - it's...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 13, 2000 6:39 pm
Great article, David - you capture the spirit of Dogme with clarity and an engaging sense of excitement. (Any chance of giving it a wider exposure? E.g. the...
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sthornbury@...
Apr 13, 2000 9:01 pm
In response to David's request for more classroom ideas. I have to re-tell this story (I told it at the teachers' meeting I gave on Tuesday - forgive me Rob...
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David French
david@...
Apr 14, 2000 8:54 am
Yesterday I taught my beginners. They were free-talking in pairs and threes and I was hovering. The most talkative students weren't at the lesson yesterday,...
