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      Culture of Learning

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      Submitted by Victoria Kamchatka on 7 February, 2012 - 05:07

      I think that culture of learning mostly depends on the country and its educational policies.

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      "The Sense of Plausibility"

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      Submitted by Victoria Kamchatka on 7 February, 2012 - 03:34

      I am a big proponent of experimenting with methods and different approaches.

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      What would you choose: Fluency over accuracy or accuracy over fluency?

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      Submitted by Victoria Kamchatka on 23 January, 2012 - 11:12
      I would like to share with you what I’ve learnt from my practice. Last year I made such an experiment.
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      Some of the bees in my bonnet

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      Submitted by Michael Swan on 20 January, 2011 - 15:09

      I promised to let some of my professional beliefs fly around for you to shoot at. Here are half a dozen rather disconnected thoughts to start with (more in the next blog).

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      Strengths / Weaknesses of E.S.A. procedure (Engage, Study, Activate)

      Submitted by cmftrier on 8 September, 2010 - 18:47

      I've just read J. Harmer's "How to teach English" where he has a fairly long section explaining his "E.S.A." procedure, and the individual engage, study and activate stages.

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      Grammar teaching

      Submitted by surajkollam on 25 May, 2010 - 10:12

      What is the role of grammar teaching in ELT and which is the best method in teaching grammar?

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      Exploring the teaching and learning of English as a universal auxiliary language through the developmental approach

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      Submitted by Anil Sarwal on 24 April, 2010 - 11:21

      Exploring the Teaching and Learning of English as a Universal Auxiliary Language through the Developmental Approach in a Multi-cultural and Technologically Immersive Environment in Semi-urb

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      Stevick's Paradox

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      Submitted by Alan Maley on 14 December, 2009 - 21:38

      Connected with my comments on what constitutes a successful lesson/teacher, is Earl Stevick's now famous riddle from his book, Memory, Meaning and Method:

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      More wisdom from the "ancients"

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      Submitted by Scott Thornbury on 1 June, 2009 - 06:30

      Continuing my researches into the history of methodology, here are some more gems:

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      Current projects

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      Submitted by Scott Thornbury on 26 May, 2009 - 15:20

      Currently I'm working on an extended paper on language teaching methodology

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