________________________________ From: Martin McMorrow <mmcm@...> To: IATEFL TTedSIG <ttedsig@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tue, October 13, 2009 2:30:50 AM ...
Dear all, Does anybody on this list have experience of modifying materials (textbook or other) to allow a blind student to participate fully in class with...
Batia et al - what you have to say is very interesting. I note one aspect which I'd like to pick up - and that is testing the lexis. How can one be sure...
Batia said; "If you want to monitor their learning, you can ask your learners to mail their lists to you and you'll select individualized samples of these...
Thanks for your insights on recycling and assessment, Batia. I wonder if you could share your experience of working with teachers on training courses in how to...
Hi Martin, I noticed the same on CELTYL courses in Hong Kong continuously over a decade. Our non-native speaker trainees (albeit users of nativised varieties...
Carney, Mary (Hong Ko...
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Oct 14, 2009 1:54 pm
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I agree with Martin and Mary that teachers who are native speakers are usually less aware of learners' problems. They are often surprised when I provide...
I work on intensive pre-service teacher training courses (CELTA) and short-term in-service courses. I always find it useful to have at least three input...
Re everyone's contributions so far on recycling and testing vocabulary: it occurs to me that in many ways what we're discussing here is a continuum (if we were...
Christopher Hare
chris@...
Oct 15, 2009 11:51 am
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Thanks to all of you (all British English speakers, incidentally) who responded to the questions below. I was the odd one out - you all recognised the idiom,...
Christopher Hare
chris@...
Oct 15, 2009 11:51 am
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Thanks again, Batia, for that useful summary of general principles. We're drawing near to the end of our week's discussion (actually, here in NZ, we're already...
Martin, Some useful websites attached and at http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/textanal.htm Regards, Rob ... -- Robert Ledbury Teacher Trainer School of...
As we are talking about vocabulary, I thought this might be of interest. I interviewed Paul Nation last Sunday, fairly generally, about his research and the...
Thanks for that, Darren. Wonderful idea, your site! Paul Nation gave a very well-received plenary at our teachers' conference here in Auckland last year. He...
Well yes - loads of qustions, but she would need a week to answer them all. As you say Martin, great basic principles - thanks so much for organising this. ...
Dear Martin et al I have colleagues here who are working on new word lists -BNL -(can be seen on Tom Cobb's lextutor site)  - and they have put together...
On Monday 2 November, 2009 on YLTSIG Andrew Wright will field the list's last planned email discussion this year - on STORYTELLING. If you would like to take...
Hi again .. from a balmy early summer's evening here in Auckland .. where we'll have to wait till 8 pm or so till it's dark enough for our Nov 5th fireworks...
Further to our discussion on technology in the classroom, here's a telling little snippet from today's 'New Zealand Herald': A student at an unnamed North...
Hello Martin and all, I remember a recent BBC news / I think it was BBC but I am unsure ?/ that teenagers are increasingly putting their lives at risk due to...
Hi again from balmy Auckland, If you have students who are writing essays, literature reviews etc, perhaps they might find the following video presentation...
Martin, Thanks greatly, and I didn't notice the shirt. Fascinating, and it is clear I'm definitely not a "scientific" writer. I know millions have to play the...
Hi Ttedsiggers, Just letting you know that in the second week of December, Mike McCarthy will be joining us as the host of a discussion on the topic: What do...
Many thanks for letting me know about this great opportunity to further discuss this hot topic with such a figure at ATALL. I will be there! All the best Sent...
Hi everyone What a busy year the ttedsig has had, with the noughties to end with a discussion fielded by Mike MaCarthy. Great! I'm afraid I've been a lurker ...
Dear TTedsigers, I am hereby sending the announcement of our conference in 2010. Hope some of you can submit a SPF and join us in Belgrade next May Natasha ...
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