with all respect - anyone sayin children expect and need firm guidance have possibly neglected to observe them playing in a courtyard... children are...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jun 1, 2004 8:36 am
As a father of two, I have to concur wholeheartedly with Zosia. The last thing that children expect and need is Firm Guidance. What people most often mean when...
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mathewbrigham
Jun 1, 2004 4:29 pm
again I think the words just didn't quite do what they were intended to here! Actually I was not referring to discipline per see here. I was using the term...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Jun 1, 2004 4:59 pm
... introducing language, words, ideas at the right stage of ... Very interesting! You mean that there is a 'right stage' at which to introduce certain...
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mathewbrigham
Jun 1, 2004 6:36 pm
... C'mon DR EVIL, you are not going to talk to children about complex philosophy, chemistry, or even complex grammar...as they do not have the mental models...
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mathewbrigham
Jun 1, 2004 6:58 pm
The three themes for dogme or flow as set out in Scott's post are: 1) interest/involvement, 2) authenticity, 3) and teacher-student dialogue ... discussions...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jun 1, 2004 7:36 pm
Mathew wrote, "Take away the teacher, what have you got? A group of people in a room; Take away the students, what have you got? A person in a room" This...
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Tim Nall
twocentseltcafe
Jun 1, 2004 8:31 pm
Hello, I've been lurking/skimming this list for a short while. I think y'all might be interested in this: Learning to Trust Student Talk: One Fifteen year...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Jun 1, 2004 11:02 pm
C'mon Matt, Since when has a negative proved a positive? Simply saying what you can't teach at certain stages doesn't is not the same as saying what you can...
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Renata Suzuki
grankageva
Jun 2, 2004 9:20 am
Dear Tim, sitting with a red pen stuck in my mouth and taking five from my marking to read your hot tip, I am really grateful for your recommendation. I will...
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mathewbrigham
Jun 2, 2004 4:26 pm
... got? A group of people in a room who have come together for a shared purpose. In addition, a group of people in a room with rich and viaried experiences of...
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profshaun36
Jun 2, 2004 6:43 pm
I came acroos Luke's article in the Guardian (Nov 28) and was thinking about how this RADAR model, which is used in business, for a syllabus/grammar (not heard...
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zosia grudzinska
zosienka46
Jun 2, 2004 7:21 pm
Children are not autonomous - this > is too simplistic - we need to go further and look at stages of human ... it seems as if "autonomy"; will be expressed in...
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Adrian Tennant
adriantennant
Jun 2, 2004 10:08 pm
Two points I'd like to pick up from Mat's latest posting (although he seems to have conveniently ignored my last one!) ... students, but there may be a limit...
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dominic mccabe
dominicxx2002
Jun 2, 2004 10:27 pm
I always tell my learners they can learn English without a teacher but that they have to exert themselves. Fortunately/Unfortunately they never take me...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jun 3, 2004 5:03 am
Mathew asks: "If the teacher was really not a prerequisite for any [sic] form of learning to take place, then why don't some out-there schools experiment by...
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davidhogg_bcn
Jun 3, 2004 12:12 pm
Hi again everybody. Happy New Year! (Has it been THAT long?! Surely not.) It's difficult to disagree with much of what Mat says. (Though a few of you are doing...
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mathewbrigham
Jun 3, 2004 2:55 pm
Hi Zosia, thanks 4 ur reply about the role of the other and care.... studies consistently show that infants cannot take the role of other, and thus are not...
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davidhogg_bcn
Jun 3, 2004 3:40 pm
Oh Mat! It's difficult for me to swallow whole anything which is presented as a statement-of-fact, when it is in reality merely a statement-of- ...
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mathewbrigham
Jun 3, 2004 5:59 pm
... as ... controversial, ... Hi David! yes i know it can all seem highly controversial, but that's because the biggest problem of the psyche is that each...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 6:26 pm
mathewbrigham <mathewbrigham@...> wrote: Hi Zosia, thanks 4 ur reply about the role of the other and care.... studies consistently show that infants...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 6:39 pm
davidhogg_bcn <davidhogg_bcn@...> wrote: Hi again everybody. Happy New Year! (Has it been THAT long?! Surely not.) It's difficult to disagree with much...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 7:06 pm
Diarmuid Fogarty <fogarty.olmos@...> wrote: Mathew asks: "If the teacher was really not a prerequisite for any [sic] form of learning to take place, then...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 7:07 pm
dominic mccabe <dominic.mccabe@...> wrote:I always tell my learners they can learn English without a teacher but that they have to exert themselves....
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 7:12 pm
Adrian Tennant <adrian.tennant@...> wrote: Two points I'd like to pick up from Mat's latest posting (although he seems to have conveniently ignored my...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 7:18 pm
mathewbrigham <mathewbrigham@...> wrote: So am I just wasting words here, or is there a difference in the power dynamics of the classes I teach (is that...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 7:32 pm
Diarmuid Fogarty <fogarty.olmos@...> wrote: Mathew wrote, "Take away the teacher, what have you got? A group of people in a room; Take away the students,...
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Marianne Dorléac
marianne_dor...
Jun 3, 2004 7:47 pm
zosia grudzinska <zosia_g@...> wrote: with all respect - anyone sayin children expect and need firm guidance have possibly neglected to observe them playing...
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HalimaBrewer
halibrewer
Jun 3, 2004 9:21 pm
Has anybody here read Steven Pinkers' "The Blank Slate?" so much fell into place for me when I read it. Speaking about development and inherent tendencies and...
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diarmuid_fogarty
Diarmuid_Fog...
Jun 4, 2004 5:59 am
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