Reading is a highly complex activity and, yet, in the foreign language classroom, it is often approached as if texts were just collections of words and grammatical patterns which students, if only they could analyse and decipher them, would be able to arrive at the overall meaning of the text. But, is this what happensContinue reading "A is for Advance Organisers"
Can you teach a Dogme Lesson on your Cambridge DELTA?
This post was written in response and as part of a twitter conversation with Martin Sketchley - @ELTexperiences on Twitter. His blog post on his own Dogme observed lesson can be found at the end of this post. In the days before writing his experimental assignment for the DELTA course, Jonathan - a summer DELTAContinue reading "Can you teach a Dogme Lesson on your Cambridge DELTA?"
C is for Contextual Guesswork in text
In his great taxonomy of language skills listing*, John Munby mentions "developing sensitivity to context clues", as one of the microskills of reading. In this post, I would like to share an insight gleaned from an EST (English for Science & Techonology) series of books which was published a very long time ago and whichContinue reading "C is for Contextual Guesswork in text"
E is for Errors
S.P. Corder on Learner Errors - A summary Types of Errors Native speakers may produce errors (readily correctable) especially in conditions of stress, indecision and fatigue. It is logical to expect that non-native speakers may do the same. These are called ‘lapses’ and are of no special importance to the teacher. Non-native speaker errors mayContinue reading "E is for Errors"
4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager
by Geoffrey Adamson Words like ‘management’ and ‘human resources’ do not come up often in conversations in or about DELTA Module 2. Terms like these, it seems, are relegated to Module 3 and its ELT Management option. Clearly, the ELTM option provides academic managers with the opportunity of a dive deep into aspects of ELTContinue reading "4 Ways DELTA Module 2 Made me a Better Academic Manager"