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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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 Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:30 pm Post subject: The best teaching method is.... |
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 Which method of teaching do you feel is the best? Or, which one works for you?
If you are not familiar with some of these, check out the link for a very brief overview:
http://coe.sdsu.edu/people/jmora/ALMMethods.htm |
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Zolt
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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I'd say total physical response, preferably with a wooden stick.
Btw, wouldn't this rather belong in the job discussion board? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:42 pm Post subject: |
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| One of my students has to memorise a set number of vocabulary words per day. If he doesn't, his dad beats him. He has a large vocabulary, but every time he has to speak English, he starts to feel fear. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| Zolt wrote: |
I'd say total physical response, preferably with a wooden stick.
Btw, wouldn't this rather belong in the job discussion board? |
oh man. Yeah. My bad. Hey mods, please move this to the job board. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Zolt wrote: |
I'd say total physical response, preferably with a wooden stick.
Btw, wouldn't this rather belong in the job discussion board? |
man, you have got to be kidding me. |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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I went with 'a mixture' but I think zolt's is the preferred method with my Korean colleagues.
I'm okay with the poking, but I draw the line at the high sticking... |
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venus
Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Location: Near Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm okay with the poking, but I draw the line at the high sticking... |
Man, you're being so provocative today...! Iwould have laughed more if you'd left out the word 'the' though... 
Sorry, I'll bet it wasn't deliberate. Or was it? Hmmm... seem to remember the spanking the wood post earlier...
I'll resist maing the dumb joke... I will...
Yes, I'm growing up, I am.. 30 yrs old, and I'm finally learning to hold back...! |
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Zolt
Joined: 18 May 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:09 pm Post subject: |
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| cubanlord wrote: |
| Zolt wrote: |
I'd say total physical response, preferably with a wooden stick.
Btw, wouldn't this rather belong in the job discussion board? |
man, you have got to be kidding me. |
OK sorry for joking on a serious subject. I actually checked the 'real' total physical response method on your link, it sounds like a nice change from what i've seen (esp from korean teachers).
Trying to teach more complex things like vocabulary for politics or modern-day macroeconomics would be an interesting exercise. Not sure I'm supple enough for those any more. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Zolt wrote: |
| cubanlord wrote: |
| Zolt wrote: |
I'd say total physical response, preferably with a wooden stick.
Btw, wouldn't this rather belong in the job discussion board? |
man, you have got to be kidding me. |
OK sorry for joking on a serious subject. I actually checked the 'real' total physical response method on your link, it sounds like a nice change from what i've seen (esp from korean teachers).
Trying to teach more complex things like vocabulary for politics or modern-day macroeconomics would be an interesting exercise. Not sure I'm supple enough for those any more. |
lol 
No worries Zolt,
I was remarking on the stick part.  |
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Woland
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:17 pm Post subject: |
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| See N. S. Prabhu's classic 1990 article in TESOL Quarterly, "There is no best method - why?" for the correct answer to your question. |
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zappadelta
Joined: 31 Aug 2004
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Whole language? |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
Location: In Japan!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Woland wrote: |
| See N. S. Prabhu's classic 1990 article in TESOL Quarterly, "There is no best method - why?" for the correct answer to your question. |
and so the purpose of my thread has been revealed. 
It is, truly, an excellent article! |
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kimchi story
Joined: 23 Nov 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:04 pm Post subject: |
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venus - it was partly deliberate. And partly because I have a box of chocopie and class was cancelled. I think I should slow down...
Great thread, I really am capable of this kind of discourse. Just not today. Maybe not until March 5, when school starts up (first day back is also my 33rd birthday). |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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Scream, and when that doesn't work, scream LOUDER.
Afterwards, at home alone, scream like a baby.
Basically, scream all the time. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:41 am Post subject: |
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| Whole language, with a lot of extensive reading. |
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