My concern about all these role plays is that they seek to shock teachers into a sense that learning a foreign language is unlike anything they or their...
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Chris Lynch
hydr0lith
Aug 2, 2005 3:14 am
... We did very little language learning theory on my CELTA. Lots of lesson planning and correction techniques though, to the point where deviating from the...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Aug 2, 2005 4:41 am
Chris, In the context of recognition and length of training course, however much may be achieved on a compact course it seems obvious to me that a...
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Fiona
fiotf
Aug 2, 2005 5:18 pm
As far as I understand, the CELTA varies from centre to centre. although if your town has two centres, you're likely to go for price, rather than teaching...
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Chris Lynch
hydr0lith
Aug 2, 2005 5:43 pm
... Sure. The length of the CELTA is a bigger issue than how dogmetic it is. In its defence, at least it involves getting up in front of a class of English...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Aug 2, 2005 6:21 pm
If memory serves, the CELTA used to be longer (8 weeks?). Was it C-TEFLA then? But why did the course length shorten? Dunno exactly. Honestly, it's probably...
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Steve Walters
stevecwa
Aug 3, 2005 6:49 am
The length of the CELTA or its predecessors has never been prescribed in terms of weeks. The number of hours necessary was always prescribed and the shortest...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Aug 4, 2005 7:51 am
Did anyone see Dick Allwright's article "From Teaching Points to Learning Opportunities and Beyond" in the March 2005 TESOL Quarterly? I think dogme (which he...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Aug 4, 2005 8:39 am
You can buy the article Julian mentions from: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tesol/tq/2005/00000039/00000001/art00001 ..... For just 25 dollars plus...
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Russell Kent
russkent321
Aug 4, 2005 9:10 am
... 25 dollars for one article seems a little steep to me! Russ...
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Scott Thornbury
scott_thornbury
Aug 4, 2005 9:14 am
I just read it (Allwright's article) this morning (at 4 o'clock in a bout of summer insomnia) and was preparing to put a posting together but Julian saved me...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Aug 9, 2005 3:49 am
In the middle of an action research project and would like to share some preliminary findings: Two groups of five Spanish-speaking students, one using their...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Aug 9, 2005 4:21 am
One thing we can now infer: the action researcher has poor arithmetic skills (hehehe). Correction to data on Text B vocab. test results: D-Group scored an...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Aug 9, 2005 4:23 am
Rob sets us a group task: What could we infer from these preliminary findings? I'll jump in and say I infer that blanket use of dictionaries is a waste of time...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Aug 9, 2005 4:50 am
Sorry, Julian (and everybody else who felt confused): Text A: D-Group scores an average of 68% on a vocabulary recall. C-Group scores an average of 80%. ...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Aug 9, 2005 7:36 am
Pesky Dennis suggests........ Give both groups some kind of test in 4 weeks' time to see how many of the lexical items they have learned have stuck in their...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Aug 9, 2005 9:16 am
Julian wrote - 'Looking up a word or words that you realize you've seen before but only vaguely understand or have forgotten. . . is very helpful for ...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Aug 9, 2005 9:29 am
Sorry, what I meant is 'One way to promote this is to REGULARLY use brief texts on related topics in class.' In other words, create a regular turnover of the...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Aug 9, 2005 9:50 am
I love Luke's recommendation of the "news in briefs" and wonder why this occurs only in local newspapers - but let me not dwell on the marginal. As I've...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
Aug 9, 2005 9:59 am
Sorry Dennis - what I meant was that the news in briefs, which appear in national and local papers alike, should be sourced from whatever paper is local /...
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twocentseltcafe
Aug 9, 2005 2:22 pm
hum. I would be interested in knowing: Grades on vocab tests prior to research...any significant difference between the groups? Any pre-testing of the...
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pjsampson@...
petersampson...
Aug 10, 2005 2:34 am
Laufer and Hulstijn (2001) suggested an involvement load hypothesis where vocab retention was related to the processing that was involved when meeting the...
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Julian Bamford
julian12jp
Aug 10, 2005 5:07 am
(Further to the vocabulary discussion) Ah, those pesky connotations, including register and cultural accretions, that words have. They explain why learners so...
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Nick Bilbrough
nickbilbrough
Aug 10, 2005 6:09 am
... (by ... But what about those learners who do things the other way around? Those who start playing with new vocabulary immediately by trying to fit it into...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Aug 10, 2005 5:50 pm
Peter: Laufer and Hulstijn (2001) suggested an involvement load hypothesis where vocab retention was related to the processing that was involved when meeting...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
Aug 10, 2005 5:59 pm
Rob wrote: I think it's probably more a case of emerging lexico-grammar as learners interact with the L1 environment. And, he meant: L*2* environment. Must be...
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Scott Thornbury
scott_thornbury
Aug 11, 2005 9:02 am
... Maybe we are talking about emerging vocabulary, not 'along with' grammar, but emerging vocabulary *out of which* emerges grammar? For a compelling argument...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Aug 11, 2005 10:09 am
A fascinating posting , and very useful summary of Hoey's new book from Scott, who writes: "What are the implications for language learning? Hoey reminds us...
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Helen West
helenwest1
Aug 11, 2005 10:51 am
From my remembrance of cognitive psychology, priming results from the strengthening of neural pathways - with connected neurons on red alert to activate (or...
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djn@...
dnewson2001
Aug 11, 2005 11:00 am
Helen does the "Cocktail party phenomenom" also explain why when your own partner is pregnant you suddenly seem to notice that the streets are full of pregnant...
