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................................... A view of Middlesmoor from the Masham road.

........................... The teacher's Kaleidoscope. a lesson planner
teaching experience and teacher training and general theoretical problems
experimento didattico with bolzano istituto pedagogico. sub-page 13. 02 The text of the "English Project" for 2002-3
shakespeare edited scenes for acting with difficult words translated and grammar plays
simplified and spoken grammar with vocabulary is what we should focus on
page 1  teaching experience sub-page 13. 01  general brochure that describes our work in Italian schools page 13 Shakespeare and how to do it with young foreigners

page 5    sample of our "grammar plays"

 

page 2 my 23 years experience  running "Middlesmoor" summer language school for children  sub-page 13   our experience in 16 schools. (elementary, media, and superiore.) A brief description of that which now seems an obvious requirement for school language learning home page "Shakespeare scenes" from 16 plays, shortened and with a translation of difficult words page 4    brief description of  our grammar book. for detail see PAGE 13.03 Make grammar talk. Bulgarini
page 3     description of what I think are the main problems of language teaching:: if and how to teach grammar - didactic methods /  text books page 13.07 scuola elementare page 05 examples of our grammar plays in the grammar book Make grammar Talk. Bulgarini page 6    problem of teaching vocabulary, 5 pages of verbs, sets of vocabulary
page 4  summary of  our teacher training experience. (See also work for Istituto pedagogico di Bolzano. Pages 13 - 18)  

sub-page 13. 06. experience in scuole medie. sub-page 13. 12    All 57 comments from pupils of a scuola Media di Capriolo (BS) after our September visit.

page 7   problem of suitable and stimulating material for adolescents.  "The cd rom project". sub-page 13. 03. What makes out grammar different.
page 5    a description of the manual -'Teachers' Kaleidoscope"  that I printed to make the training as practical as possible for teachers and how to use it. sub-page 13. 04 General problems of Scuola Superiore    
page 10  list of possible talks for conferences and training courses. sub-page 13. 05. general 25 page diary of experiences in schools 2002-3    
sub-page 13. 08. "What would be better". Brief descriptions of useful principles and methods.

sub-page 13.09.   language kits, slowly built up by the schools. An alternative to the text books and "Communicative Approach".

20 photos of some kits. each needs variable instructions for use.

   
sub-page  13. 11.  the text of a talk given at the British Council conference.Sicily.2003. talk on the way "The Common European Framework" will worsen the teaching of languages. It is a test system and should not influence methodology. sub-page 13.10. "Letter" describing our teaching experience in Brescia and Bolzano.(Scritto in Italiano)    

 

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