Thanks for all your advice on this particular problem. The situation is rather different from normal I think as the guys I'm teaching are there for a 30 week...
James, My first thought is that it is fascinating to think of someone trying out a dogme approach in Arabia. My second thought is that I'd much rather hear...
May I suggest something which works for my Arab students as I too have similar problems. I know that whilst most are used to more formal grammar training, it...
As someone who is currently teaching in Saudi Arabia I can give a couple of insights into the Saudi Students. Many people assume that because the students are ...
Kathy, That approach sounds good to me, and if your learners enjoy it... I've got my parchute on, so do shoot me down , fellow and fellowin dogmetists if you...
A.S. Neill used to say that students at Summerhill needed time to get used to the idea of freedom. In the meantime, they often ran amok. Of course, they were...
I won't shoot you down, but I have yet to come across a culture where people don't have SOME interests or opinions that they are happy to articulate in public....
... Personal rapport is very important with Arab students. Relationships are everything and it is really a very good idea to learn all your students names and...
As a post script to my earlier suggestion about the use of scripts, I think it's important to add that since learning has to come from the learner, in a class...
Kathy asks: "Have you also tried asking them what they like and don't like about your classes so that you can fit in with them more? " I think there are two...
I wholly agree, but needs are different from likes. I mean, you can address their needs, which the teacher may decide for them, in a way that they like. I...
I have recently been reading popular psychology book by Oliver James entitled 'They F*** you up'. An interesting point he makes is that a free society will...
I suppose one could say that Dogme approaches are likely to lead to learners making themselves more and more independent and thus free - but I reckon to talk...
***Apologies if this double-posts. I sent it from my e-mail, but it never arrived. So here it is (again).*** If we were to follow the analogy through, we would...
Hello all.....just joined the group out of a. profesional interest and b. I´ve just started the DELTA intensive course and am thinking of doing a DOGME stylee...
Hi Liz Welcome to the group. I hope that it'll prove worthwhile for you. You may want to have a look in the files section. A colleague of mine, Emma Jones,...
"dogme is really just a label for what is widely considered to be good teaching". I think this statement should be qualified a little. A Dogme approach may be...
What is dogme? Really, I'd say, 'dogme' - if that implies a method or an approach - doesn't exist. Thjere is a dogme electronic discussion list, and there are ...
Joseph suggested that "A Dogme approach may be "good teaching" in certain contexts, but in others I think it could be entirely inappropriate, irresponsible and...
Liz wrote: Hello all.....just joined the group out of a. profesional interest and b. I´ve just started the DELTA intensive course and am thinking of doing a...
"This is always to assume that "a dogme approach" exists, but all the evidence would seem to indicate that it doesn't. Neither is it, perhaps, "good teaching"....
Can anyone unpack the expression 'winging it to an art form'? ... Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail . "The New Version is radically easier to use" – The Wall...
Joseph, Do note that only two people, in recent exchanges, made a number iof statements about dogme, though Scott did describe the quoted article as dogmetist....
I'll try: "Turning spontaneous, unplanned teaching into an art form." Dennis [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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Jul 14, 2006 8:34 am
I can't remember where this phrase came from - I think it was something said about us quoted I think by Scott - someone querying whether dogme was merely...
Dear agony aunt I sometimes get the feeling that I am 'winging it to an elevated art form' but don't feel guilty about it. Just the other day, a bee flew into...
Greg, You remind me of a cartoon I saw years ago. Sadly I haven't a copy. Scene: A classroom. A boy is gazing out of the window staring at a butterfly. The...
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Jul 14, 2006 9:52 am
Perfect, Dennis! I like the butterfly cartoon. Greg, for a horrible moment I thought your account was going to end with the stranger with the clipboard...
First of all, thanks for all your advice and directions to producing a dogme style lesson. First of all I know that it isn´t a set appraoch and surely if it...
