So...What Exactly Should Curriculum Planning Look Like - for 2017/18? (Part 02)
Whoops!8 So, as I was saying – ELT has been using this ridiculous, ‘best practice’ model for curriculum-developing and syllabus-making...
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tonygurr
- May 27, 2013
- 3 min
For the Times...they are a-Changin’ (...still)!
BUT, we do have a great many “best practices” because of this tradition…8 This was one of my very first blog posts (back in February...
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tonygurr
- Jan 2, 2013
- 5 min
LEARN to “SPEAK” İngilizce…in 10,000 hours (this time)!
8 Yes, you would thunk that, wouldn't you? 8 Especially if you had read my more "uplifting" post - LEARN to "SPEAK" English...in 15 hours...
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tonygurr
- Jan 2, 2013
- 5 min
BIG Questions for ELL...in 2013!
The BIG Question: 8 ...could be applied to matters of LEARNing and TEACHing. 8 Actually - as I was drafting (the original version of)...
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tonygurr
- Dec 28, 2012
- 5 min
LEARN to "SPEAK" İngilizce...in 15 hours (maybe even 2)!
But, not sure with whom...this time!8 Recently, I've been thunking a lot about "successful language LEARNing" - you might have seen a...
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tonygurr
- Dec 24, 2012
- 6 min
All I Want For Christmas...
...is a wee bit more of a focus on ELL...rather than just ELT! Yes, that is English Language LEARNing...not the gene or the enzyme.8 ...
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tonygurr
- Dec 21, 2012
- 2 min
Evolving the LEARNing Paradigm...
...and Dogme!8 Initially, when I looked at the "title" of Kathy's post, my reaction (you know me) was a bit like: BUT, as I read, I...
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tonygurr
- Jun 18, 2012
- 2 min
I’m still STANDing…yeah, yeah, yeah!
Problem is…so are “they”! 1) ...needs "qualified" people to write it - i.e. those who have been "trained"! Blogging uses "amateurs" -...
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tonygurr
- May 30, 2012
- 2 min
Viva la rEVOLUTION!
Yep, the pixel is finally proving to be mightier than the crusty old journal… 8 Salman Rushdie (aka “Sir Ahmed”) and I have since become...
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tonygurr
- Feb 24, 2012
- 4 min
The Future is NOT in LEARNing…
I began to wonder about this – and did a bit of thunking. What I discovered was that Toffler did not actually “say” this - what he...
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tonygurr
- Feb 23, 2012
- 3 min
Not all LEARNing is created equal!
Tony…get back to LEARNing! ...NOW! 8 It’s just that the Immortal Declaration ain’t true – we are not created equally. 8 8 OK…he’s back...
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tonygurr
- Nov 9, 2011
- 3 min
"Herding Cats" and Change 3.0 (Part 3)
Tolerate "with" me…just a wee bit more. In the last post, I think I finished up asking whether it was, in fact, the questions that...
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tonygurr
- Nov 7, 2011
- 2 min
"Herding Cats" and Change 3.0 (Part 2)
The more things change, the more they remain... insane. Could there be more than a grain of truth in such tongue-in-cheek one-liners? My...
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tonygurr
- Nov 6, 2011
- 3 min
"Herding Cats” and Change 3.0 (Part 1)
Perhaps, I am just more of a “dog kinda person”! Anyways, one day (many, many moons ago) I was fortunate enough to get the chance to...
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tonygurr
- Oct 30, 2011
- 3 min
What is LEARNing?
The translation is in the "comments" section!8 A friend of mine is getting ready to deliver a presentation to a group of parents on how...
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tonygurr
- Oct 18, 2011
- 5 min
FORGET Wiki - Try Asking YOURSELF!
No apologies for the… TODAY.... I promised to do a follow-up to yesterday's post on allthingscurriculum - or rather how to TAKE a...
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tonygurr
- Oct 17, 2011
- 2 min
Why more of us need to TAKE a LEARNing Perspective...
If only more politicians did the same!And, I ain't just talking about taking an interest in allthingsenvironmental... Most of us HAVE...
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tonygurr
- Oct 16, 2011
- 2 min
Do our schools speak LEARNing as a "first" or a "second" language?
Are our schools, colleges and universities LEARNing institutions or TEACHing institutions? Do our schools, colleges and universities...
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tonygurr
- Sep 11, 2011
- 2 min
Back to School - Can we make our LEARNers “smarter”?
Can we REALLY help ourselves get “smarter” - first? After all – most us teachers are “oldies” – and we all know that “oldies” can’t do...
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tonygurr
- Sep 1, 2011
- 3 min
From BEST PRACTICE to NEXT PRACTICE…
Help us gain insights into techniques, methods or processes that have proven themselves over time Support institutional efforts to...
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