True. It is absurd to suggest that all listening material should come from a class and not be prerecorded outside material. This amounts - quite clearly- to the creation of idiolects whose speakers find themselves at a loss when voices address them over loudspeakers or café counters in standard American, say. Modern media demand certain accepted currencies, and Konglish (for example) is not international. It is also absurd to allow certain students to dictate a 'course', if those students are
sounds like the way PGCEs are delivered. Ive just come to the end of one PGCE year and dropped out at the end. Teaching is inherently subjective and doesnt lend itself as a career very well to someone who is very objective (scientific) in their way of thinking.
I didn't actually get what you're trying to say about CELTA. I haven't yet done the course myself, but I intend to. What was your point?
I agree with the part about listening exercises should be live and not recorded, espcially when being examined on it. I've studied foreign languages and didn't find this approach beneficial. Recordings are not clear and are too difficult to understand...
@danylls Thanks for his comment. I said there was a paradox, because Thornbury is the co-author of the official 20volume Celta Course, published by Cambridge University Press, and yet many of his comments are greatly opposed to what I was required to do in the CELTA course I did in Brisbane.
True. It is absurd to suggest that all listening material should come from a class and not be prerecorded outside material. This amounts - quite clearly- to the creation of idiolects whose speakers find themselves at a loss when voices address them over loudspeakers or café counters in standard American, say. Modern media demand certain accepted currencies, and Konglish (for example) is not international. It is also absurd to allow certain students to dictate a 'course', if those students are
nivlas1 11 months ago
sounds like the way PGCEs are delivered. Ive just come to the end of one PGCE year and dropped out at the end. Teaching is inherently subjective and doesnt lend itself as a career very well to someone who is very objective (scientific) in their way of thinking.
theendofel 1 year ago
Interesting - but you obviously had more to say...is there a follow up?
Also apologies, I pressed the wrong star, and meant to rate this a 3
Tabbysnark 3 years ago
I didn't actually get what you're trying to say about CELTA. I haven't yet done the course myself, but I intend to. What was your point?
I agree with the part about listening exercises should be live and not recorded, espcially when being examined on it. I've studied foreign languages and didn't find this approach beneficial. Recordings are not clear and are too difficult to understand...
Nice forehead by the way......
danylls 3 years ago
@danylls Thanks for his comment. I said there was a paradox, because Thornbury is the co-author of the official 20volume Celta Course, published by Cambridge University Press, and yet many of his comments are greatly opposed to what I was required to do in the CELTA course I did in Brisbane.
richardmullins44 9 months ago