Dear VFLT members, Well, here it is September already and time for a new topic. Higher powers objected to the original wording of this month's topic because...
Dear all, In Indonesia, a competence-based curriculum has been introduced (2004). In the heart of the communicative competence model used is discourse...
Helena Agustien
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Sep 6, 2004 12:55 pm
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Dear VFLT members, This month's topic is discussing the National Curriculum for English in countries in the region. Helena has described the current curriculum...
Dear All, Malaysia has changed the curriculum to a text based lesson. We are now using the english literacy hour our we call it the english hour. It comprises...
Reading Helena and Gloria's description on the new paradigm of, respectively, the Indonesian and Singaporean curriculum, I would like to present what is...
Dear Teguh and all, I realise that what works well in Singapore - where an increasingly large number of children come from English-speaking homes (because...
Dear All, Malaysia has changed the curriculum to a text based lesson. We are now using the english literacy hour our we call it the english hour. It comprises...
Dear colleagues, As realized by many curriculum developers, each country must have different needs for English. Malaysia seem to develop reading skills....
Dear members, What we should do in a classroom should depend on what we need English for in our country. Perhaps we, English teachers, in Indonesia should...
Dear Anas and all I agree that we need to develop our curriculum based on what the school children need. The Indonesian curriculum centre clearly indicates...
Helena Agustien
hagustien@...
Sep 19, 2004 11:17 am
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TEGUH: It's interesting to point out from Helena's answer to Anas' question below. I think LIFE SKILLS have something to do with "how to survive in English- ...
Dear Helena and all, Nice essay from Helena. Helena would have stepped up one more level from junior and senior high schools to the university level. The two...
Dear All Just some clarification. Effende referred to the “Literacy Hour” in the Malaysian English Language Curriculum. This is actually the “English...
Poh Wha Yeow
pohwha@...
Sep 20, 2004 12:28 am
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Hi everyone, Jocelyn Castro is not able to access the group currently because her university changed their e-mail address. However, she asked me to post this...
Dear Teguh, Anas, Jocelyn and all, Thank you for the ideas. I share the concern about English teaching at tertiary level - non English department - that seems...
Helena Agustien
hagustien@...
Sep 20, 2004 9:44 am
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"Yes, Teguh... let's be practical ... More comments?" (Helena) Dear Anas, Helena, Teguh and all, It's interesting to follow the discussion and I would like to...
b.cahyono@...
Sep 22, 2004 7:54 am
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Dear Cahyono, I can't agree more. It's very true that the REAL problem is actually somewhere else. However, it is only natural that we renew the curriculum...
Helena Agustien
hagustien@...
Sep 22, 2004 3:45 pm
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Dear Everyone, Perhaps this is very cynical but another reason for changing the curriculum may be that the teachers are all getting bored with doing the same...
Dear all, I think those who get bored are good teachers... those who always want updates, and keen on learning more and more. Helena ... === message truncated...
Helena Agustien
hagustien@...
Sep 23, 2004 4:28 am
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Dear colleagues, There's no harm to see the new curriculum as a means to get rid of teachers' boredom with the old stuff. But, I doubt that establishment of a...
b.cahyono@...
Sep 23, 2004 5:21 am
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Dear.P.Cahyono and everybody, I partly agree with the research of Dardjowidjojo that logistics seem to be the classic problem in the application of the new...
Veronica L. Diptoadi
vero@...
Sep 23, 2004 8:14 am
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Dear all, If it were to be called the failure of English teaching in Indonesia, we had to be specific in addressing the failure itself and we had to see it ...
... From: Castro, Jocelyn P. Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:47 PM To: vflt-seameo@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: []VFLT[] This month's topic - any more...
Castro, Jocelyn P.
castroj@...
Sep 24, 2004 5:55 am
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Dear VFLT members, Sorry I've been very negligent. I was teaching in Vietnam for a week and then when I got back had lots of new jobs to do. Anyway, our topic...
Dear all, Sounds like an interesting topic. Could somebody please explain what is meant by sofy skills? Thanks. Helena ... ...
Helena Agustien
hagustien@...
Oct 13, 2004 8:54 am
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Dear all, This sounds like an interesting topic. However, could anybody help explain more about what is " soft skills"? Can you be more specific, Gloria?...
Hi Gloria, Soft skills can be interpersonal communication skills as well as transferrable skills apart from his or her technical skills, i think. Are we going...
Dear colleagues, From what I understand, in our field, perhaps "soft skills" refer to "skills to use (English) language properly for a particular social...
b.cahyono@...
Oct 14, 2004 5:07 am
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Thanks, Cahyono. I think the topic was actually proposed by Wuri and also voted for by Ena. What do the two of you have to say about it? OK. Have a good...
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