Random Quote
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
---- Albert Einstein
Sleep is a symptom of caffeine deprivation.
---- Author Unknown
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.
---- Pablo Picasso
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
---- Terry Pratchett
I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn.
---- Albert Einstein
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
---- Doug Larson
Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
---- Abigail Adams (1744 - 1818)
This may be the most interesting blog theme I've ever seen. http://eflgeek.com/index.php Definitely in my top 5 at least.
---- Steve Dembo
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
---- Galileo Galilei
No one can understand the truth until he drinks of coffee's frothy goodness.
---- Sheik Abd-al-Kadir
it's probably not a good idea to underestimate my ability to make an ass out of myself—just when I seem to have it under control, I'll turn around and surprise you.
---- Tenser said the Tensor
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
---- J. Robert Oppenheimer
The voodoo priest and all his powders were as nothing compared to espresso, cappuccino, and mocha, which are stronger than all the religions of the world combined, and perhaps stronger than the human soul itself.
---- Mark Helprin, Memoir from Antproof Case, 1995
Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.
---- Edward R. Murrow
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy.
---- Isaac Newton
Don't knock the weather. If it didn't change once in a while, nine out of ten people couldn't start a conversation.
---- Kin Hubbard
I do not fear computers. I fear the lack of them.
---- Isaac Asimov
The least of learning is done in the classrooms
---- Thomas Merton
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
---- Lily Tomlin
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
---- Thomas A. Edison
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.
---- Robert Copeland
As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty, and I thirsted for a meaningful vision of human life - so I became a scientist. This is like becoming an archbishop so you can meet girls.
---- M. Cartmill
The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish spurting out ink.
---- George Orwell
Isn't it interesting that the same people who laugh at science fiction listen to weather forecasts and economists?"
---- Kelvin Throop III
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
---- Robert Frost
excerebrose
excerebrose (eks-SER-ee-bros) adjective
Brainless.
[From Latin ex- (out of) + cerebrum (brain).]
Hmm… I like this word, it’s a good way to call some stupid and not have them know it. Interesting enough the theme for this week at Wordsmith is words for insults. let’s see what the rest of the week holds. I looked at yesterdays word
potvaliant (POT-val-iant) adjective, also pot-valiant
Showing courage under the influence of drink. Such courage is also known as Dutch courage.
But it doesn’t seem very insulting. This is probably leftover from last week- living in Korea I am in the future with respects to most web sites. I call my parents on Sunday morning but for them it is Saturday night.
CALL
While reading Technology and Teaching English Language Learners I was very intrigued. This book is perfect for me as there is so much in it that I was already very fascinated by. As I was reading it my brain had a million lightnening flashes going off as to various activities that I could use in the classroom or new ideas to use with my web site that I have for my students. I was actually trying to read as fast as possible because I wanted to read more before my friends showed up at starbucks, but I also wanted to read slower for a greater comprehension. All this for the introduction.
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Sean. inscribed these words of wisdom on Tuesday Feb 24, 2004 at 04:54 PM
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Stephen Krashen
While look at Scott Sommers’ blog I found a link to Stephen Krashens web site. This is great because he has links to several journal articles and one book that I have wanted to read: Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning (1981) which you can read in HTML or as a PDF. It also appears that more books and articles will be available in the future as he also says:
QUESTION: Will other books or articles by Stephen Krashen be posted to this site?
Yes! Several items are in development and will be posted soon
I have added a link on the side-bar to Mr. Krashen’s site. Thank-you
Essay Topic
For the first essay I have 6 choices but I will probably do this one:
The past decade has given rise to a re-conceptualisation of ‘motivation’ in SLA. A number of models and frameworks have been proposed, some of which are discussed in Dornyei (1998), - see the reading package for this this Unit. Select the motivation framework or model which you believe is the most useful starting point for language teachers aiming to maximise motivation in thier learners, and justify your choice. Are there any modifications or additions that could be made to this framework? Use your chosen framework to suggest and diescuss strategies for improving/maximising motivation in a particular group of language learners with whom you are familiar. Refer to the relevant research literature throughout your paper.
Due April 21st - 3500 words +/- 10%.
In my classes I spend a lot of time working on motivation both in class and motivating students to see opportunities outside of the class, so this is a natural choice for me and of intrinsic interest.
Still waiting for the materials for my other class.
Defusing Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom
While surfing I stumbled across Downbrigade News and a link to an article on News.com.au about a peace program officer who was “hacked to death” by another participant.
The officers were attending an English language course within the framework of NATO’s Partnership for Peace program, which is aimed at increasing cooperation between neutral and former Soviet bloc nations and NATO in peacekeeping and other areas.
Guess they need to rework the framework of this peace program or else as Downbridge News suggest train thier Language teachers in Defusing Cultural Conflicts in the Classroom. Blinger sends out his condolences to the deceased’s family.
