tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513390705871506031.post2743532889777631953..comments2022-04-24T00:32:17.630+12:00Comments on Back to the Drawing Board: Responding to your Kimbra, Ken, Creativity Post - More ICOT2013Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513390705871506031.post-84353508317246304202013-02-13T09:16:24.379+13:002013-02-13T09:16:24.379+13:00My prompts worked: you did "list" your p...My prompts worked: you did "list" your principles! Yes step by step and back to the drawing board if needed I would be happy to devise materials with you as the need arise. All to be revealed when you meet your students, discover the learning environment and take stock! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00801568002937562980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513390705871506031.post-80206057229583557192013-02-12T23:18:15.449+13:002013-02-12T23:18:15.449+13:00I've just had another look at Ewan McIntosh...I've just had another look at Ewan McIntosh's Problem Finding Ted Talk and that has also reassured me that I don't need to map my methodology out in advance. I need to follow my instinct and intuition, honed over the years and trust that my experience both as a linguist and a teacher will be equal to whatever comes up. I have a few doubts about the German for precisely the reason that my lack of depth here won't allow me to be such a flexible resource as I can be in French or Spanish.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780963841457241114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513390705871506031.post-62250344228895142792013-02-12T23:05:08.727+13:002013-02-12T23:05:08.727+13:00As far as the key attributes that I would like to ...As far as the key attributes that I would like to help my learners develop, we need look no further than Guy Claxton's Magnificent 8 Qualities. I've internalised them in the same way as I've internalised the Key Competencies and Ellis' principles and am trying to internalise Newton's Intercultural Principles, so that they provide a constant filter through which I pass my pedagogy. What is this activity doing to help develop .....?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780963841457241114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513390705871506031.post-50730303290652282352013-02-12T23:00:52.895+13:002013-02-12T23:00:52.895+13:00"The heart of our problem is indeed in the ta..."The heart of our problem is indeed in the task design..." Yes indeed.<br />I'm thinking a lot about the affective element of learning and Ken Robinson's 'exile of feeling'. I couldn't agree more. <br />As far as a more scientific approach is concerned, it isn't really a method that I warm to. I know it might unsettle some of the students not to know at every step of the way where they're going but isn't this a more accurate microcosm of life? I may in the short term be obliged to stick with some of the tired old material but together we can devise ways of making it relevant, in some wider, more open-ended context.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06780963841457241114noreply@blogger.com