[Xmca-l] Re: Request for advice

[Andy Blunden]

very well done, Helena.
Andy
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*Andy Blunden*
http://home.pacific.net.au/~andy/
On 9/01/2016 12:17 PM, Helena Worthen wrote:
> Hello -
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> Thanks to everyone for the advice. I've compiled it and set it out to cool in a post on my blog:
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> https://helenaworthen.wordpress.com/2016/01/07/the-global-financial-crisis-and-tdtu-classroom-teaching-methods/
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> I've listed many but not all of the people who responded, at the end of the post. The How to Teach in English topic was not part of my original assignment; they were just asking for "things teachers can do in the classroom." But teaching in English is obviously the elephant in the dining room, so I have slipped that in as as aspect of "teaching methods."
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> The audience for this is my Vietnamese colleagues, which may explain some of the emphasis that will sound strange to US readers.
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> Thanks very much to people who have experience from other educational systems (like Elinami from Tanzania, Carol from SA and Valerie from Japan -- I'm listing just a few as a teaser). There is probably a conference and a bunch of journals that focus on the transition to teaching in English; what an interesting topic! I would love to hear some comparative histories critically presented. I know that people from ISO (http://www.iso.org/iso/home/about/training-technical-assistance/standards-in-education.htm) are coming around and examining administrative proceses; do they ever get into actual quality of classroom experience?
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> Thanks again -- Helena
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> Helena Worthen
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