Comments on: Teaching quote of the day 17 December 2007 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/ Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:04:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ian Player http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1933 Ian Player Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:40:11 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1933 Didn't they pay you for your last article? :) Didn’t they pay you for your last article? :)

]]> By: Teaching A Bunch Of Word In A Box | Guide to TEFL http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1930 Teaching A Bunch Of Word In A Box | Guide to TEFL Mon, 17 Dec 2007 06:24:12 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1930 [...] of guilt that I am presenting myself as far more knowledgeable than I actually am; a recent link at TEFLtastic to research about learning words in lexical sets did in fact make me think twice about making this [...] [...] of guilt that I am presenting myself as far more knowledgeable than I actually am; a recent link at TEFLtastic to research about learning words in lexical sets did in fact make me think twice about making this [...]

]]> By: Katie http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1928 Katie Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:38:49 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1928 Okay, so now I've read the review at least, which I suppose I should have done before commenting the first time. The review doesn't really touch on my question of course but it could very logically fit your suggestion. I'm going to get over my empirical concerns and get on with my post :) Okay, so now I’ve read the review at least, which I suppose I should have done before commenting the first time. The review doesn’t really touch on my question of course but it could very logically fit your suggestion.

I’m going to get over my empirical concerns and get on with my post :)

]]> By: Katie http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1927 Katie Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:23:59 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1927 Hm. That is interesting. I was too impatient to read all those words on the first page (it's like a whole paragraph!) - I just saw something stopping me the first time and gave up. In fact it looks like a trial membership is free! Alex, you're making me look stupid ... or I may be doing that myself! Hm. That is interesting.

I was too impatient to read all those words on the first page (it’s like a whole paragraph!) - I just saw something stopping me the first time and gave up. In fact it looks like a trial membership is free!

Alex, you’re making me look stupid … or I may be doing that myself!

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1925 Alex Case Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:01:46 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1925 And apologies if the link to EL Gazette doesn't work for anyone- although I have worked for them it isn't a plot to get money out of you, honest! And apologies if the link to EL Gazette doesn’t work for anyone- although I have worked for them it isn’t a plot to get money out of you, honest!

]]> By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1924 Alex Case Mon, 17 Dec 2007 02:49:22 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1924 I was just thinking the same thing- I can't possibly judge the value of his research without having seen how the experiment was set up, but I will almost certainly not find the time and patience to read such an academic article even if it was right in front of me... I'm guessing that the idea was that if you learn 5 new personality words at the same time you will only remember that they are personality words and get them mixed up, whereas if you learn words that are connected by being in the same graded reader story but are otherwise dissimilar you are more likely to retain them- which is an interesting idea, even if not his idea! Will ponder over my turkey and sushi during the Xmas break. I was just thinking the same thing- I can’t possibly judge the value of his research without having seen how the experiment was set up, but I will almost certainly not find the time and patience to read such an academic article even if it was right in front of me…

I’m guessing that the idea was that if you learn 5 new personality words at the same time you will only remember that they are personality words and get them mixed up, whereas if you learn words that are connected by being in the same graded reader story but are otherwise dissimilar you are more likely to retain them- which is an interesting idea, even if not his idea!

Will ponder over my turkey and sushi during the Xmas break.

]]> By: Katie http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1923 Katie Mon, 17 Dec 2007 01:48:11 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/general/teaching-quote-of-the-day-17-december-2007/#comment-1923 Well I'm glad I caught this before posting about what I do when I find the book instructing me to teach a little box full of random words! But: "Learning several unknown words in such sets made learning 50–100 per cent more difficult." ... than what? Learning them without sets? Learning one a day? Probably a bit unfair of me to come along with a CELTA and be critical of real research but that's how I am, I guess. I will go ahead and post anyway, I think (that's also just how I am) but if you have access to that article, I'd be curious as to what he is comparing it to. Well I’m glad I caught this before posting about what I do when I find the book instructing me to teach a little box full of random words!

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“Learning several unknown words in such sets made learning 50–100 per cent more difficult.” … than what? Learning them without sets? Learning one a day?

Probably a bit unfair of me to come along with a CELTA and be critical of real research but that’s how I am, I guess. I will go ahead and post anyway, I think (that’s also just how I am) but if you have access to that article, I’d be curious as to what he is comparing it to.

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