Hi, Guru Filipino mau kerja dengan gaji 5 juta plus transport 500 ribu. Semua dokumen sedang disiapkan. Hal "sepele" yang jadi masalah justru kertas...
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Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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Jun 2, 2009 8:36 am
Uhmmm, is this an item for discussion on the Virtual Forum ??? Gloria ... From: Laurentius Nugraha <lnugraha@...> Subject: []VFLT[] Re:...
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Laurentius Nugraha
lnugraha@...
Jun 3, 2009 7:53 am
Dear all, Please ignore my email concerning "Mondial/Urgent". It was NOT for this forum. I deeply regret for this "accident". Kind regards, ...
Dear All, I'd like to share my experience giving written corrective feedback to high school students. I am sure a lot of teachers mark compositions, correct...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 3, 2009 11:47 pm
Garuel, Yes, when one focuses on the process of learning, marking as such is not the end goal. The key goal is to get students to notice the mistakes/errors...
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Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
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Jun 5, 2009 2:31 am
Long ago when I was young (half a century or more ago) teachers used to "correct" writing assignments by writing in betters ways of saying things - usually in...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 5, 2009 3:14 am
Good points, Gloria. More writing does not always mean better writing. When students haven't got sufficient language input to begin with, asking them to...
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Wuri Soedjatmiko
wuri.soedjatmiko@...
Jun 5, 2009 3:58 am
Dear Gloria and All, Yes Gloria, we had the sama experience when we were young, getting red ink corrections. But time has changed. Red is considered not...
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Gloria Poedjosoedarmo
gloriapsg@...
Jun 5, 2009 4:49 am
Thanks, Wuri, for letting me know that the "in" colour for corrections and comments is now green. [I guess if that colour has the sublimal effect of...
Dear Gloria, Willy and All, You're right in pointing out the significant relevance of Krashen's CI theory. I now find teaching English here in Indonesia a...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 8, 2009 12:42 pm
Wow, that's excellent news. Keep it up, Garuel. Willy ________________________________ From: vflt-seameo@yahoogroups.com on behalf of Geruel de Ramos...
Dear Geruel, Your teaching practices with your Indonesian students are well worth emulating. Perhaps you could produce prototype lessons and others could...
Dear professors and all, While the 'INK' color used for marking students written essays does affect learners' psychological mindset, Corrective Feedback given...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 8, 2009 11:31 pm
Nice typology, Narith. I like the last one, reformulation. This is one type of feedback that is rarely used by teachers because it's time consuming. But it's...
Dear Dr.Willy and others, Yes, it sound useful. But I don't think 'reformulation' is much helpful to EFL learners. As i pointed out in my action research, I...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 9, 2009 5:16 am
Dear Narith, Thanks for pointing out the study that you did, which showed that reformulation was not particularly useful for low level students. Perhaps for...
Dear Dr. Willy, Yes. Reading - Writing approach is very helpful for language awareness. But it should be operated systematically. As Geruel pointed in her...
Dear All, I think what I am doing (having students read)is so simple that every teacher can do it. But one thing I must not forget to mention, I read with my...
Dear All, I just heard from my graduate students who teach at one of the so called National Plus elementary schools that Indonesian teachers of English are...
Dear Geruel, Great to hear that you can do this reading practice. You should conduct a research on Extensive Reading in your context. I remember reading one...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 10, 2009 12:22 am
Hi Garuel, I hope you will be able to share your excellent work at RELC or other conferences (e.g., TEFLIN in Indonesia). Here's a website on extensive reading...
Dear Wuri and All, Yes, it is true that in most National Plus schools the English teachers are expatriates, just like me, a Filipino English teacher....
Dear All, When VFLT was discussing "Ubiquitous learning," that opened up my interest in doing research on just how effective wirelesss handheld devices are for...
Dear All, What Geruel is doing is truly motivating. I suggest he do an action research on what he's doing with his class so it can be known for sure how...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 10, 2009 9:31 am
Yes, I'd be happy to work with him on that. Perhaps Emma could serve as research consultant. Let me know Garuel. Willy ________________________________ From:...
With Willy supportive of a research on what Geruel is doing, something constructive might be pursued. I would be happy to extend help. Geruel, let's do...
DEar Willy, Emma and All, Thank you very much for your support. Research is something I would really love to do for the sake of my Indonesian learners here...
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RENANDYA Willy Ardian...
willy.renandya@...
Jun 11, 2009 2:16 am
Dear Garuel, I'll be away so won't be able to meet with you in Singapore. But we can discuss the research plan online. Perhaps use our private emails when you...
Dear Geruel, You're doing great service! Keep it up! I'll wait for updates from you re the prospect of a research on the current VFLT concern and other...