Could anyone help me locate a Dogme article I once came across? It was probably by Scott and there was a description of a lesson in which a student talks...
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nickbilbrough
May 1, 2006 11:47 am
Hi Peter, Not sure if this is the article you want but the 'going down a river with a rope' extract of classroom discourse is mentioned by Scott in Teachers...
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Peter Hanley
peterhnly
May 1, 2006 2:20 pm
Thanks Nick. Unfortunately it´s the same extract used in a different article. I think the one I´m after was more recent than this. Perhaps anyone who knows...
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MCJ
omarjohns
May 1, 2006 3:05 pm
... Thanks for the information. I'll try to remember to be more careful when asking questions. Omar...
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Jkmoliver@...
jackamandy
May 1, 2006 5:40 pm
Of course we must be sensitive to others but because the English speaking world has overdone it it has started to be mocked as PC. So, when do we draw the...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
May 1, 2006 11:23 pm
Some of you have asked how to help language learners with their pronunciation, comprehensibility, communication... I hope this helps: Today I asked the first...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 2, 2006 6:23 am
... Of course we must be sensitive to others but because the English speaking world has overdone it it has started to be mocked as PC. So, when do we draw the...
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Ken Dickson (98 is si...
KenDickson98
May 2, 2006 7:13 pm
Pleiades Journal of Teaching Young Learners of English is pleased to announce the launch of the website to go with the recent publication of the Journal....
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Jkmoliver@...
jackamandy
May 2, 2006 8:32 pm
Thnak you for your comments. I don't get worked up about other people's opinions, and I rather like the following quote: 'Political correctness is simply a...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 3, 2006 6:52 am
So, attempting to close the dialogue, Kathy tells us that, 'Political correctness is simply a speed bump in the traffic of truth, free thought, and speech'. I...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
May 3, 2006 7:20 am
"Political correctness is simply a speed bump in the traffic of truth.." And what on earth does THAT mean? A speed bump is to slow people down, stop them...
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kelehermark
May 3, 2006 7:41 am
It seems to me that the acid test of a learners (DELTA speak) intelligibility is whether a teacher can understand. Very often people write off someone who they...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 3, 2006 7:56 am
Actually, Mark, perhaps the acid test (certainly in multilingual classes) is whether or not the learner's classmates understand. My teaching ears are adept at...
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Jkmoliver@...
jackamandy
May 3, 2006 2:22 pm
You wonder how far my love of free thought and speech extends? I feel as though I'm being branded some kind of far right extremist. I'm not. I'm a ...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
May 3, 2006 2:25 pm
Mark, even the most learner-centered DELTA course must be assessed by an institution, hence the check lists. As a tutor, quite honestly, one has to consider...
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Robert M. Haines
romiha1
May 3, 2006 2:56 pm
Perhaps we've wandered beyond the city limits of Dogme Town with this discussion of political correctness. Perhaps there are no such limits. Linguistic...
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Luke Meddings
luke@...
May 3, 2006 3:02 pm
I asked my mum about this as she used to lecture in phonetics at acting school. She says voice coaches need to be expert in phonetics (to differentiate...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
May 3, 2006 4:16 pm
(Anecdote - stop reading hear if you can't bear them). Teaching in Africa in the 1960s, I kept a photo album and had one photo of a small African boy staring...
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diarmuid_fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 4, 2006 6:40 am
I hope that nobody is branding anybody anything. I certainly have no reason to think that you are a far right extremist! My wondering was simply whether this...
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MCJ
omarjohns
May 4, 2006 10:07 am
... This arose, rather dogmeticly, following a comment I'd made about not knowing the PC term for something. This could easily happen in a classroom. Saying...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 4, 2006 10:25 am
... not one of them. Not for want of trying, Omar. Dennis, Rob and myself have engaged in a discussion about what PC might be. Kathy has contributed with her ...
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Jkmoliver@...
jackamandy
May 4, 2006 11:23 am
I attempted to close the discussion because I felt the language was close to bullying and getting too personal. I would do the same in class. What about the...
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MCJ
omarjohns
May 4, 2006 12:05 pm
... What I see happening here is largely confrontational, and I don't think that this is what we want to encourage in a classroom since confrontation actually...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 4, 2006 12:10 pm
I'm sorry that you felt that we were getting close to bullying. I'm not sure why you felt that way. Having re-read the exchanges, I still can't see it. From my...
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MCJ
omarjohns
May 4, 2006 12:18 pm
... I'm not really that sure where people on this list live or work. I know that one regular poster works in China, I am in Saudi Arabia, there was someone...
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MCJ
omarjohns
May 4, 2006 12:23 pm
... That is addressed to Kathy, not me, but whoever initially replied to me - I don't remember who it was and don't really care, made me feel like not reading...
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Jkmoliver@...
jackamandy
May 4, 2006 12:30 pm
I agree, we should maintain mutual respect on this site and, having ventured onto the Guardian Unlimited one I very much hope this won't go the same way. I...
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Diarmuid Fogarty
diarmuid_fog...
May 4, 2006 2:01 pm
Well, we're in agreement (we being Omar, Kathy and myself). Omar's metaphor about virtual communication being akin to driving around in a car is one that I...
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helenwest1@...
helenwest1
May 6, 2006 2:19 pm
Luke said: I loved using the odd phonetic symbol once I'd done the DELTA but I wonder how much of it was for my benefit and how much for the students. It...
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Dennis Newson
dnewson2001
May 6, 2006 3:27 pm
Helen, If the past tense can be accepted ('What I uased to do....) 1. I was not bad with the simpler system, where there were long and short forms of vowel...
