Dear all, It's a new month and task-based instruction is our new topic. Let me start with quotations from Jack Richard's little book. "TBI ... can be regarded...
Dear Helena and All, Those who endeavor to contribute something for whatever purpose they may serve ought to be appreciated rather than ... I think that for as...
Dear ibu Helena and All, I think should always try to analyze what their students needs and what seems to be the problems during the process of achieving...
I will be out of the office starting 03/04/2009 and will not return until 09/04/2009. If it is urgent, please contact my colleague, Fionna Muhalib (Tel:...
Dear Valerie, This is to cc samles of dialogues members of the forum (VFLT) communicate to each other interactively and actively towards a designed topic for...
I wonder what happened to my posting (Jan. 5, 2009) on the proposed topics of 2009 as I could not find anything from Rith Keuk (Jan. 13, 2009). I realized this...
Dear Helena and ALL, Regarding this TBI topic of April, what do you think of this kind of assignment I applied to my students: blogging. Year 10 students...
Dear Teguh Santoso, I am sorry for this inconvenience. I think something wrong with the IT. Anyway, we can go on well. Please continue our discussion. Best...
Dear Dr. Helena and all, It is good to discuss this topic. As TBI seems very popular right now, especially for those who get to know the approach at the first...
I'm not sure if blogging is taskbased as a task usually has some kind of ultimate outcome or objective, but I think blogs a great resource for helping students...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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Apr 5, 2009 12:04 am
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I have tried to suggest that (blogging as a task) to students here but most of them considered reduplicating popular websites onto their blog suffices the...
I hope the students will be working more on the language, rather than blog (or facebook, or tag me, or friendster, or other connecting facilities) display....
I think it's important to stress that the point of blogging is to practice using the language. How about giving prizes for the most original and insightful...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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Apr 7, 2009 1:53 am
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Rewarding students for their participations will be an excellent method to encourage them to do more practices and explorations. However, blogging dwells...
Dear Dr Ward, and All members of VFLT, This is to express my deep thank to you and all members of the forum who have been being very kind, supportive and...
Dear All, With the number of students about 40 in most of school in Indonesia, TBI seems to be the best way of conducting the teaching and learning process. ...
Dear All, With the number of students about 40 in most of school in Indonesia, TBI seems to be the best way of conducting the teaching and learning process. ...
Ups, there was a problem when the message. Sorry, for this inconvenient in reading my message. Â What I want to say is that, last month I worked with my...
Dear all, TBI is good to bring students into deep exploration with high critical thinking order by using the target language for their communicative purposes....
Dear all, This is our topic for May suggested by Dr. Gloria. Electronic communication and stylistic variation - How should teachers (and text book writers)...
I will be out of the office starting 11/05/2009 and will not return until 13/05/2009. If it is urgent, please contact my colleague, Fionna Muhalib (Tel:...
Dear All, Since I suggested the topic, I guess maybe I should start the ball rolling. This would include, of course, the "C U @ 8" of SMS messaging but...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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May 12, 2009 8:08 am
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Dear All, I think this is a very interesting topic for we deal with the 'thing' in our daily life at the moment. Regarding to the electronic communication I...
Dear Gloria, Helena, Nur and all, Will our discussion be focused on one type a time? As we know e-discourse can include SMS, email, e-notes, hypertext etc....
Bu Wuri, I think we can discuss anything related to language style used electronic communication. Let's keep the ball rolling. DR. Helena I. R. Agustien ...
Dear All, I have no experience on using sms or email acronym in my classroom, but W8 ... it might be very interesting if teachers know the language and use it...
Wuri Soedjatmiko
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May 13, 2009 3:08 am
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Hi Wuri and all, I think there are many reasons why teachers need to be aware of the form and functions of electronic communication. First of all, it's here...
Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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May 13, 2009 7:10 am
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Dear Gloria and All, Yes, teachers can compare students writing styles. Here are examples of the same student whose style changed drastically (from formal to...