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An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: E is for Environment

29 de setembro de 2014

#7: E is for Environment The flames will burn for decades, and humankind will shelter, like moles, in underground complexes waiting for the planet to heal itself after centuries of abuse. None shall dare tread upon the surface of the parched, scorched earth. Humans will survive on fungus and recycled sweat, until conditions are finally...Read More

Reflections about Education

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: D is for Desks

29 de agosto de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#6: D is for Desks This month we move from tables to desks. Here, though I refer to real desks not desks-as-simile. Real, solid, rectangular teacher’s desks. A desk is such an innocent thing, a flat top and four legs, sometimes a draw to forget things in. But I rage, rage against the using of...Read More

Reflections about Education, Teacher Development

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: N is for Natives

30 de julho de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#5: N is for Natives I’m not going to revisit the old stuff about inherent linguistic knowledge vs explicit understanding, nor the career teacher vs the traveller, and certainly not local cultural knowledge versus target cultural knowledge. I’m going to ask a simple question. What’s the difference between a table and a native teacher of...Read More

Teacher Development

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: G is for Gaps

30 de junho de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#4: G is for Gaps No, not those kind of gaps; not a cloze, not a key word transformation, nor a gapped text, and certainly not an information gap. A gapped teacher – with a thinking gap. A gap in thinking which results in a disconnected application of teaching. A gap in thinking which leads...Read More

Teacher Development

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT: C is for…

31 de maio de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#3: C is for Coursebooks Sadly, there are coursebooks whose job seems to be to perpetuate or reinforce stereotypes, like the one below. Happily, that’s not the case in mainstream publishing. Instead we have generic pap – UHT coursebooks aimed at everyone and landing nowhere. ELT publisher seem to be a bit like political parties...Read More

Classroom Experiences

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT (T is for…)

30 de abril de 2014

by Dennis Warren

#2: T is for…Technology Disclaimer: Some of my best friends are computers. No, really. Ask one of my few non-computer friends, and they will tell you that I spend more time and have more patience with tech than people. Most ELT teachers I know have retained the imagination, creativity and joy of discovery that so...Read More

Reflections about Education, Technology

edutech, future of ELT, sugata mitra

An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT (P is for …)

30 de março de 2014

by Dennis Warren

Well, first, apologies to Scott Thornbury for ‘borrowing’ and distorting his title. This is the closest I’ll ever get to his altitude, so forgive my mutant magpie-Icarus act. I present to you the first of the series An A-Z of Dysfunctional ELT – the art of getting things wrong, again and again. Each month, I’ll take a...Read More

Career, Teacher Development

continuing professional development, motivation, professional development, teacher development, training