Well said John. I notice you are always one to 'stand up for the little guy' and to tear apart pedagogical blather. One for the profession! ... before...
Good afternoon all I hope someone will be able to help this YL SIG member with her data. Please contact her directly on her email on the posting. Scroll down....
Thanks for the kind comments about the questions I posted here a few days ago. And if anyone does try them out in their classes, do please let us know how they...
Yes, Jim, I always thought that this was about the"little guy", the honest practitioner at the chalkface who has come in for quite a bit of bashing of late,...
Dear John Couldn't agree more, and your comments remind me of something that Havelock & Huberman say in the context of development projects: "Those designing,...
Hi John I don't know what your background is, but you seem to have a very poor view of academics! I have been a TESOL teacher for 12 years now. I have recently...
I'm not actually a teacher trainer, but I'm writing with a request to this group as I am sure someone out there will be able to help me. The English Teachers...
Cindy Hauert
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Mar 21, 2007 7:03 pm
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Hi Cindy I'm sure you will get lots of useful suggestions but a practical one which springs to mind would be to look at the series of books initiated by Jill ...
Dear Cindy It's a big question - difficult to know where to start. I've worked in African primary education off and on for many years and am working on a...
John Clegg
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Mar 21, 2007 9:13 pm
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Hi Cindy, You could check out the website at www.onestopenglish.com. There is a section on teaching with minimal resources under the Teacher Support section. ...
Adrian Tennant
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Mar 21, 2007 10:05 pm
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Good mnorning, my name is Yolanda Samacá Bohórquez, a Colombian English teacher and I'm interested in sharing some reflections about critical pedagogy. I'm...
SECOND LANCASTER UNIVERSITY POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE IN LINGUISTICS AND LANGUAGE TEACHING (LAEL PG 2007) Thursday 5 July 2007, Lancaster, United Kingdom CALL...
Dear John I’m just bowled over by the amount of tips, ideas, and resources to follow up here. Thank you so much. I can see that I am truly a rank amateur in...
Cindy Hauert
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Mar 26, 2007 6:17 pm
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Hi Adrian Thank you for the tip—I of course know the onestop site but hadn’t thought of looking there for resources. This last weekend I was in Horgen ...
Cindy Hauert
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Mar 26, 2007 6:28 pm
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Hi Philip Thank you for your idea—I’ve only had 3 answers so far, but luckily all three have been very useful. I have myself used things from Jill and...
Cindy Hauert
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Mar 26, 2007 6:36 pm
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Dear Cindy, Global issues SIG (=GISIG) of IATEFL has always been looking intothis kind of teaching. One of our past Committee members – Eleanor Watts – has...
Sorry, folks, I pressed the wrong button again: Dear Cindy, Global issues SIG (=GISIG) of IATEFL has always been looking intothis kind of teaching. One of our...
Dear All First apologies for cross posting. I am in the process of creating a Business English course which will be run by a school (www.languagelab.com) in...
Nik Peachey
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Mar 27, 2007 9:08 pm
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Hello all English Language Teaching Journal (OUP in association with IATEFL) is commissioning a survey review of short online teacher development courses. By...
Philip, Our courses are at: HYPERLINK "blocked::http://www.theconsultants-e.com/courses/index.asp"http://www.theco nsultants-e.com/courses/index.asp And we are...
I don't knopw if it still exists but City and Guilds used to have an initial course called ACE. Patrick ... ...
Patrick Andrews
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Apr 3, 2007 9:50 am
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Hi Philip, TESOL Electronic Village Online run free 6-week online courses in January/February each year . I’ve just participated in Becoming a Webhead ...
Sorry to post this here as it isn't directly related to teacher development (other than my own!). I'll be teaching some large university classes for the first...
There is "Teaching English One to One" ISBN 0-340-86874-0 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
JWShephear@...
Apr 8, 2007 10:23 am
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... The book "Teaching large multilingual classes" by Natalie Hess (Cambridge) is of course directly relevant to your situation, but try browsing for "Teaching...
Dear Members, It's about 3 years since I posted on this forum and I am very happy to be back. Although I am not training at the moment on a TESOL or CELTA...
Hi, Darren, On large classes, there\'s Natalie Hess\'s book: Teaching Large Multilevel Classes (Cambridge University Press). You might also want to check out...
Linda Yael
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Apr 13, 2007 10:53 pm
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Hi all, I'd like to bring to your attention a new Classroom Practice series of books being planned by TESOL Inc. My main motivation for doing so is to solicit...