Robert Wrote I know the Storyline approach only as connecting a series of video segments or pieces of a book to form a narrative for learners. Public...
Happy New Year and Hi! I would like to focuss my next class on the British and American press to practice reading skills... Any ideas? Lesson plans?...
Shall I write it? Maria, the list is made up of people who, generally speaking, don't produce conventiional lesson plans and don't champion the use of...
... produce ... written by others for ... Good point, Dennis. All the same, though, I reckon I'm not alone on this list (correct me, everybody, to the extent...
sorry Dennis.... Thanks, D. I was going to do something similar to what D. has been explaining here.... I have tones of British and Ameriacan newspapers,...
Maria, Although I hung my comments on a request of yours, I was really nudging the illuminati of dogme and asking: "Isn't this list about the search for ways...
Maria, Dennis, David, and all, Just like to add that students bringing authentic materials to the classroom or learning environment wouldn't endanger the...
For Diarmuid and others interested in the role of identity in SLA, two article appear in the latest edition of TESOL Quarterly that inidcate (by title) that...
Hi. We missed you. Dennis, Maria, Arnold, Rob and I have just been killing time here till ya got back from yer year-end hols. Hope y'all don't mind. So... how...
The start of a year is a time for looking backwards as well as forwards, surely - a time to reassess. To make sure I'm still in the right party, I looked at...
In brief, Dennis, I suppose the argument regarding Mr Italy is that the language will emerge and you will be there to help it out. Im learnin g Italian thru...
Diarmuid, Thanks very much for the reply. It served, too, as a reminder of different language learning styles. When, some years ago now, I decided to try to...
Something that jumps at you from your message, Diarmuid, is that you can teach yourself Italian (or any language for that matter) because you have the grammar...
Jose, A duel - PCs at dawn. :-) You write, of Diarmuid, "you have the grammar meta-language that’s needed to monitor your process of learning and to help...
Hi Dennis, Yes, a duel at the ESL corral. :-) I do agree with both your points. However, what I argue for is an eclectic approach that would satisfy the...
Happy New Year, Dennis. The introductory passage on the dogme homepage that you quoted still looks good to me. I must be in the right party. "language...
Julian, Believe me, I feel I'm still at the right party, too, but my Xmas guest, as some of you might have deduced, was my TEFL (Italy) daughter, and you can...
Most things worth learning may well still be learnt outside of school, including language. The teacher who cares about more than a paycheck and saving face...
Arnold, Maria, David and all, David asked a couple of days back, in the context of bringing materials into the classroom: "Wouldn't it be somewhat artificial...
I'm far from an illuminati, but I am back. Is there a 12-step program for people who habitually join in "to teach grammar or not to teach grammar" debates? If...
Rob writes: "the time spent in class is likely best spent discovering and creating ways to help students (or pupils if you like) imagine their way out of the...
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Jan 7, 2005 10:20 am
Teaching grammar explicitly is a critical part of dogme practice as I understand it, the question is how - I suspect what is critical is that the teacher...
You're quite right, José. That's where I'd argue the role of the teacher in the EFL classroom comes into play. We know things about language that other people...
Luke, Would you settle for terms like language awareness, or syntax and register or...[fill in this space] instead of 'grammar' which misleads so many people,...
... I didn't actually say that, Dennis! Although I do agree with you, Dennis, that this question you've quoted is indeed an important one, it belongs not to me...
... Good to have you back, Tim (regardless of your rank). But -a trivial point!- don't you mean "I'm far from an illuminato"? Thought so. I read a nice article...
Thanks for your suggestions, Diarmuid. Ruth Wajnryb’s book sounds interesting. Who publishes it? I’d like to get a desk copy. Let me give you an example...
Hi Jos=.0 The book is published by OUP as part of their series Resource Books for Language Teachers. As far as teaching goes, I suspect that what you do with...
I have seen "Illuminati" in English but not "illuminato" which is the masculine singular adjective in modern Italian. Just an additional comment Emma Miliani ...
