Tweets on 2008-07-17

  • #edutechbr mentor role: educator – scaffolder of learning that you cannot predict (learning goal comes from mentee) #
  • #edutechbr importance of relationships/relevance of training opportunities/worry with identity/emotional rollercoaster #
  • #edutechbr mentor = supporter/listener #
  • #edutechbr mentors acculturators – help mentees full members of a community #
  • #edutechbr mentors need to be sponsors – ability to make things happen, introducing mentees to right people, lending books, co-presenting #
  • #edutechbr mentors : model good teaching, reflective practice, professional behaviour mentee need to be helped to notice what mentor models #
  • #edutechbr mice meet Tom, the cat – mother mouse puffed /barked at him making him run away – moral of tale? #
  • #edutechbr mice meet Tom, the cat – mother mouse puffed /barked at him making him run away – moral of tale? #
  • #edutechbr story of mother mouse&mouslets when day comes to go into the big world, crawling in the tunnel out in the meadow #
  • #edutechbr if we help someone develop we need to have our goals clear #
  • #edutechbr what do we develop people towards? /good language teachers/reflective practioner/professional/technicist #
  • #edutechbr helping people to do things is more effective – elicit learning goal – mentee decides what they want to learn #
  • #edutechbr social help (doing things for people) is appropriate in some mentor roles #
  • #edutechbr 2 kinds of help: social (doing things for people) /scaffolding help (helping them do) #
  • #edutechbr social help (doing things for people) is appropriate in some mentor roles #
  • #edutechbr 2 kinds of help: social (doing things for people) /scaffolding help (helping them do) #
  • #edutechbr wind metaphor: a kite flies highest against the wind #
  • #edutechbr storytelling is a powerful tool for mentoring teachers – teachers’ store stories #
  • #edutechbr storytelling is a powerful tool for mentoring teachers – teachers’ store/archive stories #
  • #edutechbr storytelling is a powerful tool for mentoring teachers – teachers’ store/archive stories #
  • #edutechbr Angi Malderez – mentoring as a strategy to support teacher development #
  • #edutechbr our brains are designed to forget so recycling is essential #
  • #edutechbr teaching does not necessarily produce learning #
  • #edutechbr focus of coursebooks is on new..each unit has something new and there is very little deepening and consolidating knowledge #
  • #edutechbr curriculae have a chronological structure, coursebooks have a linear structure #
  • #edutechbr you need to see a word 30 to 50 times to remember it permanently #
  • #edutechbr Rob Waring on collocations learners need to know – eg.idea – abandon an idea, absorb an idea, amplify an idea, jot down an idea #
  • #edutechbr third space is the Web – plunge into it #
  • @amalderez @grahamstanley sent you a mail with an example of critical analysis stds do at the lycée for the BAC #
  • #edutechbr @amalderez sorry – song for and against Europe #
  • #edutechbr images of different countries combined (Dutch/French/English) liberté, egalité and rentabilité #
  • #edutechbr @amalderez the multicultural ad reminds me of Stephen Sharpless poems for and against English #
  • #edutechbr Japanese commercial – looks and languages do not match anymore #
  • #edutechbr 2001 Cultura Inglesa – English personified in the marketing – enough of weak English your CV is strong, what about your English? #
  • #edutechbr language schools identify with a country : Don’t worry ..we’ll only teach you the language (hooligan background) #
  • #edutechbr images portraying non-native speakers looked down on/humiliated by non-knowledge of English language #
  • follow http://twemes.com/edutechbr twittering Braztesol Convention plenary in Fortaleza #
  • #edutechbr how much the lingua franca concept is being permeated in ELT? #
  • #edutechbr change in paradigm: deeper local/glocal cuntext foregrounded/stds apprentices/intercultural speakers/models brought local ctxt #
  • #edutechbr the dominant paradigm in ELT course materials “surface” target culture/stds as skills acquired/native speaker model setting/ #
  • #edutechbr @amalderez welcome to the twittering crowd 🙂 #
  • #edutechbr how do you critically read the familiar? Glossy/squeaky clean content and images? #
  • yet book covers still market the English language courses with stereotyped images or cultural icons #
  • yet book covers still market the English language courses with stereotyped images or cultural icons #
  • #edutechbr stds recognize they want to communicate more in a social context than learn about UK cultural context #
  • #edutechbr Culture and English Language Teaching : aesthetic/sociological/semantic and pragmatic senses are highlighted
    (Adaskou) #
  • #edutechbr paused to find a photo of angi on my Flickr, crop it so she can upload it to her Twitter 🙂 #
  • #edutechbr in spite of the concept of lingua franca native speakers are still a strong image in ELT courses #
  • #edutechbr about 50 years ago the idea was Shakespeare on a copy of Modern English Grammar #
  • #edutechbr looking at images of English with a critical eye – cultural artifacts and effect on you (subliminal) #
  • #edutechbr plenary starting in 5 minutes: The Image of English with Ben Goldstein #
  • @lucychili photos will follow..have not had much time to breathe! #
  • good morning from sunny Fortaleza! Closing conference today – have two days more in town to enjoy beautiful sights and seafood. #

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