Dear VFLT members, Sorry for the delay in announcing this. I'm in the US on leave & won't be back to Singapore until Monday, but anyway, got onto the internet...
I will be out of the office starting 24/05/2003 and will not return until 23/06/2003....
JFoley@...
Jun 5, 2003 2:00 pm
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To support this topic that I proposed (affective domain), in this discusson, I am showing its concept which every body might have been familiar with. Affective...
TEGUH: In terms of the affective domain, there are at least 3 factors that come up to my minds: 1. Educational Psychology 2. Encouraging Techniques for Weak...
Dear VFLT members, Sorry for the delay in announcing this month's topic. I've been away (working - in Vietnam) and have lots of stuff on my desk here to clear....
Dear All, I have been pretty indisposed due to the workload. Am required to lecture a new course and as such would welcome feedback/correspondence with...
ena_bhattacharyya@...
Jul 3, 2003 2:50 am
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Thanks, Ena, for the very interesting anecdotes about your children. I think these pronouncements about what children do or what people do, for that matter,...
Dear Gloria, Thanks for sharing your wonderful snippets of the kids with us. Maybe a research could be done here!!! Personally in the Malaysian scenario, I...
ena_bhattacharyya@...
Jul 3, 2003 5:53 am
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Dear all, Sorry for my less participation as well, however, I'm back to join this interesting topic.I've taught "English for elementary school level" at...
Phasuk Boontham
pomme597@...
Jul 3, 2003 11:07 am
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There always seems to be a shortage of English teachers despite budget etc. There was the idea mooted in Malaysia that retired Englsih Language teachers should...
ena_bhattacharyya@...
Jul 4, 2003 12:54 am
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... TEGUH: Since about 5 years ago, English is officially one of the elective subjects in Primary schools although many privately-managed schools have ...
Dear, TEGUH: I would not think that an English teacher should be a native speaker or even copy one. In most Asian/ ASEAN countries, English is taught as an...
Phasuk Boontham
pomme597@...
Jul 7, 2003 11:23 am
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Phasuk Boontham <pomme597@yahoo. To: vflt-seameo@yahoogroups.com com> cc: Subject: Re: Introducing English in early childhood...
ena_bhattacharyya@...
Jul 8, 2003 12:23 am
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Yes, it is important for us, English teachers, that our "English" really sounds like English whenever we are teaching it to whatever level, especially to the...
Dear Sirs and Madams, This topic sounds very interesting to me. I started to think about it several months ago. Some people affirm that children at the early...
Kim Chi Nguyen
chi_nguyenvn@...
Jul 8, 2003 3:22 am
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... <CUT> ... TEGUH: I agree that young learners learn by imitation (modelling theory). Once, a lecturer taught me about the period when our 2 brain...
I agree that the young be exposed to English in early childhood. However, it is important who they are exposed to. In Singapore young children even before...
Dear all, Our discussion thus far seems to be on the acqusition of "oral" language in early childhood and on the varieties of English that young children are...
Exposure whether oral or written to the children is equally important. In fact, many a times they pick up the language from all this exposure and influence...
ena_bhattacharyya@...
Jul 14, 2003 12:44 am
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Dear colleagues, I find this topic very interesting and I'd like you to read this article: Title: Language Development in the Early Years. ERIC Digest D154. ...
Dear colleagues, Sorry for not popping up quite a while, for I have been engaged in collecting data for research. But I would like to take part in this ...
b.cahyono@...
Jul 14, 2003 11:09 am
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Dear all, A further matter with the introduction of English in the early years concerns the domains of use within school. In some SEAMEO countries English is...
Dear colleagues, Unlike in Malaysia, English may not be applied as a medium of instruction for content areas, for even a few of them, in primary schools in ...
b.cahyono@...
Jul 15, 2003 11:52 pm
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Dear all, Cahyono has raised some interesting observations about the providers of English instruction to young learners. The issue here is whether English for...
Dear colleagues, Responding to Moses, in my opinion the introduction of English in early childhood, regardless of the contexts (ESL/EFL), seems to be a...
b.cahyono@...
Jul 18, 2003 6:21 am
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Dear colleagues, Two important benefits of introducing English in early childhood are: 1. Children are psycholinguistically facilitated in "acquiring" the...
Dear All, I love the exchanges here. How about including your references? Geruel Brunei Darussalam Anas Yasin <ay178@...> wrote: Dear colleagues, Two...
Dear colleagues, Anas has highlighted the advantages of child learning a second language from physiological perspective. This perspective can be traced back...
b.cahyono@...
Jul 21, 2003 6:25 am
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Dear colleagues, Recently I conducted a case study research on the development of English literacy of a young English language learner (aged 8). Aida, the...
b.cahyono@...
Jul 25, 2003 12:51 am
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Dear Cahyono, Thanks for the account of your research. I've two questions: (1) I gather you also interviewed Aida. What insights did you get from her about her...