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fluffytwo
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"Apologies" for the slight edit I made to my last post while you were posting yours.  
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| I think PPP and CCQ must be acronyms you’ve dredged up and clung to from your decades-old pre-CELTA course. Ancient and irrelevant historical terms |
Nope, the stuff you're trying to dismiss is still very much part and parcel of the cert you constantly recommend (despite clearly having absolutely zero firsthand experience of it), see for example the very recent https://www.whatiselt.com/single-post/2018/02/25/What-is-a-CCQ (from an Academic Coordinator, CELTA and ICELT tutor in São Paulo, Brazil). And many teachers are ("unfortunately" enough) teaching 'low/mid level students with mostly extrinsic motivation'. What to do?! Anyhoo...
A lot of grammar is even more ancient yet arguably still irrelevant to human language learning, but that is a conversation the language teaching profession such as it is seems on the whole quite disinterested in having despite whatever lipservice and "changes" to the contrary. Strange, that, but let's not rock the paddle-steamer eh.
Noted re. the OP, but one (you? LOL) can (might? ROFL!) have interesting discussions even when the OP isn't that clear or forthcoming.
And with that, a good day to you too, Spiral!
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nomad soul
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| Fun and games in Russia? Who are your students? Unless they're under about 12, they're unlikely to expect (or to react positively) to much edutainment. They generally take things pretty seriously and if they are adults they may well know English grammar far better than you anticipate.... |
Ditto that. I've taught ESL in a multicultural/multilingual classroom of adult immigrants in the US. My Russian students were the most challenging in terms about what they wanted and how they expected to learn. Besides, adults language learners tend to best learn when the activities and materials are in authentic contexts.
Frankly, if the OP is serious about ensuring his students are engaged in learning as opposed to turned off by the wrong "fun" activities, he might request this thread be moved to the Russia forum for advice from others teaching there. |
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fluffytwo
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| Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2018 3:55 am Post subject: |
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| adults language learners tend to best learn when the activities and materials are in authentic contexts |
This (obviously). |
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