Disrupting Classroom
Dennis Oliver's Page
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- Tell us a little bit about your educational background
- I'm a former ESL and Developmental English teacher who is very interested in collaborative, intercultural computer-mediated teaching and learning.
- Your interests
- the WWW, reading, cooking, gardening, music
Have you seen my "Relaxed Speech" wiki?
My final project for the WT4E class is something I've intended to create for quite some time: a wiki focused on relaxed speech. I hope you'll visit it and leave questions or comments!
Here's the URL:
http://relaxed-speech.pbwiki.com
Best wishes—
Dennis
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I've just visited your wiki, very interesting. It's something I'm always worried about, the fact that what I teach my students is not exactly what they find when going abroad, watching a film, listening to a song, reading a book. Some efl books try to include lessons in which students have "real" people talking, I use a book with some of my students which is very good at doing this but it only happens once in a while in a section of the book called 'In the street". That's why I think your idea is great! I'd love to know more about it. I'm very much interested in ways of teaching students how to sound more natural when speaking English, and how to be able to understand natives better.
Another thing I've been wanting to tell you is that it was really great to be in the course together with you, you were really encouraging to me when you made your comments about my tasks. I just didn't have the chance to thank you because I was so taken by so many new things, I am still, that I didn't manage to do all I wanted. See you around.
Your wiki is fabulous! I am most interested in devising ways to raise students' awareness as to what they should expect when talking/ listening to natives.
In my experience as a student of French, I realized that my pronunciation (poor, Im afraid!) interfered with my listening skills. It was there, in Nice, many many years ago that I had this insight - either I raised my stds' awareness about relaxed speech or they would end up like me, able to talk their way around but rather deaf.
Your wiki is food for thought. Thanks!
You make our days happier!!!!!!! Thanks for being my friend here.
Its a priviledge to have you as a friend and interlocutor.
Thank you!
I would like to send you my warm hug and thank you for being such a great inspiring example for me.
I am very proud to be part of this group and now having the opportunity to perpetuate our bonds.
Cheers,
kelly