tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post5150241261543356080..comments2024-03-26T06:07:35.453+01:00Comments on Kalinago English: Dogme Blog Challenge #4 Being LightKALINAGO ENGLISHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-28170420804036770222010-11-01T16:11:33.963+01:002010-11-01T16:11:33.963+01:00Just blogged on how all of this dogme talk is help...Just blogged on how all of this dogme talk is helping us make important decisions about the content (and options) in RRP's digital library. I'm excited about the future! Thanks for these challenges Karenne. Your blog is such an important tool for professional development. http://redriverpress.com/news/esl-library/dogme/<br />Cheers,<br />TaraTara Benwellhttp://redriverpress.com/newsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-4200532041336812332010-10-31T22:01:31.164+01:002010-10-31T22:01:31.164+01:00Ooh, that sounds good! Looking forward to it! DM...Ooh, that sounds good! Looking forward to it! DM when it's up :-)KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-22052178614505418182010-10-31T21:06:05.330+01:002010-10-31T21:06:05.330+01:00Hi Karenne,
I wanted to write a post about this c...Hi Karenne,<br /><br />I wanted to write a post about this challenge over the weekend but didn't have time so I recorded a video instead! Although that was quicker, it's been 'queued for processing' for an age already so I'll have to post it tomorrow instead.<br /><br />DaveDodgsonDaveDodgsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16896292275243412346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-4441297241142222442010-10-31T14:15:20.178+01:002010-10-31T14:15:20.178+01:00Hum. To me "light" means : not a burden....Hum. To me "light" means : not a burden. Not a burden for students, and not a burden for me, the teacher. So a simple USB stick for me (very light indeed!), and materials which will *help* students learn, because they can *use* the materials to make the language their own, to the point where they can even play with it and enjoy it fully. Voilà my 2p.<br /><br />Alice MUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18016023054248460013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-23853844887296490922010-10-30T17:09:53.405+02:002010-10-30T17:09:53.405+02:00Hey Nick,
Looking forward to your post (as I do a...Hey Nick,<br /><br />Looking forward to your post (as I do always) and yes, essentially, that's all dogme is really, apart from any of the exploration - it's learner centered.<br /><br />:-)<br /><br /><br />Hi Adam,<br /><br />Thank you!! That's really nice to hear and cheers to your blog - you're really keeping up a great resource and am happy to have you on my roll. It's also really good for me to have quality bloggers to pass my readers on to, obviously!KALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-1876479236338823882010-10-30T17:06:45.899+02:002010-10-30T17:06:45.899+02:00Sorry for taking so long to get back to you Toby, ...Sorry for taking so long to get back to you Toby, am juggling a couple of things at the moment and probably shouldn't have kicked off this series of challenges at this particular moment in time... except that is so enjoyable and interesting finding out what others think! I'll also respond to your other comment on the water post in a mo'<br /><br />But I thought that it was so interesing that you said that we can't let our students call a table a cup holder. I have had the same thoughts too except from the perspective that we actually create names for things that are not yet there - when we need to express something - but that step, the naming of a thing, doesn't occur until we know for sure that there isn't already a word for that... and usually our "new" word emerges out of a need to describe the process which will help us to communicate the function or process hence why we go to older languages for the stems to these new words. I include in that words like kindergarden (based on German) to google...<br /><br />But I digress enormously from the rest of your comment because I completely agree with you on the "preparation" for dogme classes: do it at home! do everything that you can not do in the classroom with me (i.e. talk) at home!<br /><br />I know you're not dogmeist... well, I know you think you're not... but as long as you think your students should be learning in an environment where communication is the principle reason for teaching and learning then we're probably talking about more or less the same thing!<br /><br />KKALINAGO ENGLISHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15202016406865561740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-57387176536481421342010-10-30T13:38:13.533+02:002010-10-30T13:38:13.533+02:00These series of challenges have given me so much t...These series of challenges have given me so much to think about, Karenne. Quite simply, thank you.<br /><br />I feel privileged to have moved to your 'I learn from these' section.Adamhttp://www.yearinthelifeofanenglishteacher.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-7597785128421875072010-10-29T14:07:40.021+02:002010-10-29T14:07:40.021+02:00I'll probably blog on this more fully, but ess...I'll probably blog on this more fully, but essentially dogme is materials light because it is learner-centered. The more materials people seem to use the more disconnected teachers are from students and students are from each other. A materials light approach is one that looks at the classroom as a community and puts the relationships built in that classroom to the fore.Nick Jaworskihttp://TurklishTEFL.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572501698854836939.post-56078160034813967802010-10-28T21:41:57.487+02:002010-10-28T21:41:57.487+02:00I agree that good education is more 'acts of c...I agree that good education is more 'acts of cognition' than 'transferals of information.' But, on the other hand, we teach a language that has it's own standards external to the classroom. (I can't let students logically decide we're going to start calling the thing that supports their coffee cups the 'cup holder' when you'd normally call it a 'table') And, so, yeah, information transfer.<br /><br />I think materials lite means sticking to those materials that encourage--rather than discourage--communication. For me, that means all 'read this and discuss' is broken up into 'read this at home and come ready to discuss' and the best materials are the ones that get the students speaking to each other, relying on the teacher only to toss in the language they're trying to use.<br /><br />These, for me, are most often games. Or the kind of worksheet that has them collaboratively designing a business. (I keep telling them that I'm waiting for my students to get one good idea for me to steal.) Or, a list of household items and prices, so that they can negotiate how they'd spend €500 for a month's supplies.<br /><br />I'm not a dogme-ist. But, I do think that I'm teaching students to communicate and that materials that isolate students have no place in a classroom. (Students can use them at home!)Tobiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17849148136898608366noreply@blogger.com