There is a growing trend to inform other lists of forthcoming fielded discussions on one's home list. Please note, then, that from Monday 6th - Friday 11th...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Dec 5, 2004 7:14 am
This is something I posted on the extensive reading yahoogroup (ExtensiveReading@yahoogroups.com). I think it's dogme-related in that it's about ordinary...
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dogme@yahoogroups.com
Dec 5, 2004 9:41 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the dogme group. File : /Scott revised...
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Dafne
dygonza
Dec 6, 2004 9:21 pm
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 14, 2004 7:27 pm
According the introduction to this quiz: "Human reasoning and language comprehension are closely related capacities. This quiz plays in the area where they...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 15, 2004 6:56 am
Rob and all, I got one right on your test.......I think the sort of logical problems the test sets have got **** all to do with comprehending language. Dennis...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 15, 2004 7:00 am
Here's a report suggesting a third area in the brain may be responsible for language acquisition. http://www.healthday.com/view.cfm?id=522772 Dennis...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 15, 2004 6:19 pm
Reading the article posted by Dennis (Third Language Area in Brain Identified), I get the impression that the third area of the brain (cue the soundtrack to...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Dec 16, 2004 9:36 am
[In this anecdote, names and personal details have been changed to protect the innocent.] A student of English that I know visited my office today. He had...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 16, 2004 10:00 am
Julian, I've also been thinking a lot about the discussion on SRA research with its implication, surely, that if you are well read in the research - and given...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 16, 2004 4:45 pm
Science tends to explore the world we live in; Julian's post is a fine example of how scientific research often falls short when it comes to the world living...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 16, 2004 5:29 pm
A quick search has brought me to the following items that might interest Dennis and others interested in the role of emotion (affect) in SLA and language...
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davidhogg_bcn
Dec 17, 2004 11:12 am
... problems the test sets have got ... Sour grapes, Dennis, perchance?! [Only joshin'. I (yes, even I) only got one out of five right.] I am proud, though, to...
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davidhogg_bcn
Dec 17, 2004 11:42 am
Hi everybody. I was enjoying the current edition of "English Teaching Professional" yesterday, when sommat on p.43 jumped out at me as a stark warning against...
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Halima Roxanne Brewer
halibrewer
Dec 17, 2004 3:57 pm
... Halima...
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dimitrijevic
dimitrijevic@...
Dec 17, 2004 4:07 pm
BlankAny interesting, communicative, materials-free activities for brilliant teens? Thank you, Danica [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 17, 2004 5:11 pm
Danica. I've nothing special to suggest except, in the spirit of dogme, let these brilliant teenagers make some suggestions themselves. And make sure you let...
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dnewson2001
Dec 17, 2004 5:23 pm
Rob, Thanks for all the references. Clearly, I've not this quickly been able to check them out, but I'm not quite sure that "affect" was what I was asking...
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Jane Arnold
blancuchi2002
Dec 17, 2004 6:51 pm
Very true Dennis. There is a very interesting area of research, Teacher confirmation, now being applied to language teaching (well, at least it is by one of...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 17, 2004 7:11 pm
"If a teacher who can establish the right climate and motivational conditions uses one technique or another, one research-based option or another, chances are...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 17, 2004 7:15 pm
"If you've got that, the REL factor, then insights from SLA research might begin to kickin. If there is no REL - forget the rest." Okay, Dennis. I'll think...
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Jane Arnold
blancuchi2002
Dec 17, 2004 7:37 pm
So am I - trying to get my mind around what I mean. Very coincidentally, today as I wrote I was reading an article about the results of a lot of studies in...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Dec 17, 2004 7:46 pm
If you click on this link, you'll find a simple logic puzzle, which I asked my students (of Natural Science) to solve at home in their spare time if they were...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 18, 2004 9:18 am
Of course I agree with Jane and I'll be small-minded and point out that 'twas I that dubbed it the REL hypothesis. Here's an alternative scenario, Jane. Take a...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 18, 2004 9:53 am
Rob, if you can arrive at the "correct" answer by different reasoning routes, doesn't it mean, in terms of test construction, that it was a "bad" test item?...
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Tim Gilroy
tmgilroy
Dec 18, 2004 11:29 am
well you know, some people prefer Hollywood to Ken Loach, too (or Lars von Trier, come to that...) Tim Gilroy The Gramarama Company Al Bretou 81140 Vaour ...
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MC Johnstone
omarjohns
Dec 18, 2004 1:38 pm
... I often get this too, particularly from students who are good at performing issolated grammar tasks. I often point out that they have been studying...
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midill@...
rhdill
Dec 18, 2004 7:33 pm
I agree with Omar that some students want and "need" a bit of grammar to feel they are learning. Then you can sneak in real communication. Rosemary [Non-text...
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Jane Arnold
blancuchi2002
Dec 18, 2004 8:03 pm
Dennis, I'd missed the dead fish line - went back and read it. Now I see where you are coming from on the emotional relationship stuff. And definitely the ...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Dec 18, 2004 10:05 pm
Thanks for the references, Jane. Scott's fielded discussion will be summarised at some stage, and might even be published in the form of an article. I'll keep...
