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A Conversation with Janet Goodwin, Applied Linguistics, UCLA

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Uploaded by on Sep 23, 2008

In Janet Goodwin's classroom, small talk can be just as important as correct grammar. A lecturer in the Department of Applied Linguistics and TESL since 1986, Goodwin uses video clips of conversational language to instruct international teaching assistants in the oral skills they'll need for teaching - and for chatting.

Produced for the New Language Classroom website at www.international.ucla.edu/languages/lab

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  • LOL.

  • What a very nice conversation. Useful...

  • I am a General and Applied Linguistics teacher at a teacher training college in Argentina that prepares students who wish to become either techers of EFL, as well as Translators. I think this video is great! I'm definetely going to show it to my students in Argentina!!!!

  • I am one of the student in the 1986 pronunciation class. If I'm correct, that was the first class Janet ever taught in UCLA. After all these years, she is still one of the best teacher I ever have. It's good to see her again!

  • the Canadian student was the model, not a student in her class.

  • They have people from Canada take this course? That's a little strange.

  • I don't think she forced anyone either. Taking a class and asking for help are two completely different things however. I can recall my own experience in undergrad school. And I agree, this is better than silly programs like Rosetta Stone (that's pure junk in my opinion). If you want to learn how to talk, just follow some politicians around, you'll learn a lot. For example, I remember some of Robert Kennedy's speeches to be quite eloquent. Learning to talk, I think, is important.

  • I'm sure she never forced anyone to do anything. They wanted to fit in, Rosetta Stone doesn't teach how to talk casually.

  • Was meant to be throat, I can't spell well :P.

  • What's a throught?

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