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		<title>talking dogme (2) looking back</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:56:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week has been a fairly busy week, a lot of hours away from my computer screen for a change, and lots of walks in and out of shady Plaza Mina in the centre of old town Cádiz.  That&#8217;s where &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2013/05/10/talking-dogme-2-looking-back/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1491&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow morning (Saturday, May 4), I&#8217;m attending a local teachers&#8217; event at the Active Language centre in Cádiz.  The event is run by TEFL del Sur. It&#8217;s a relatively young association.  It was set up in 2011 and is spear-headed by &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2013/05/03/talking-dogme/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1481&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bridging the gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 07:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a link to the slideshow for my workshop/presentation at IATEFL 2013 in Liverpool. Bridging the gap IATEFL Liverpool 2013 2003 A note on the images:  all the images in this slideshow are either shared under a creative commons &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/bridging-the-gap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1474&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Choice &#8211; is it really that important?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 23:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I should put that question in context because, of course, choice is important. It empowers, it validates, it motivates, it engages.  But in the context of extensive reading, is it really that important?  Being able to choose the text you &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/choice-is-it-really-that-important/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1442&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>loop or lope?</title>
		<link>http://cerij.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/loop-or-lope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  a new fixation continued &#8230; In my last post I wrote about the books I&#8217;ve been reading with &#8211; or rather alongside &#8211; my 10 year old son and the insights we&#8217;ve shared into how we &#8220;grow&#8221; language through reading. This &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/loop-or-lope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1425&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a new fixation &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 23:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A couple of weeks ago I was walking home from football practice with my son and our conversation turned to reading for pleasure and language acquistion (&#8230; though maybe not in quite those terms). The conversation stuck with me. &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2012/12/21/a-new-fixation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1418&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Back to school</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 11:09:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very personal post.  From a different side of the learning fence.  It’s about the challenge I face as a parent at the beginning of the new school year. I have two kids, 8 and 10, who are &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2012/09/13/back-to-school/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1396&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>a learning experiment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 15:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[thanks to Bob Doran on flickr for his light experiment Earlier today the twitter-based #eltchat group were discussing experiences of, and opinions about, some “alternative” teaching techniques, namely the Silent Way, TPR (Total Physical Response) and Suggestopedia. I mentioned a method &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/a-learning-experiment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1383&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Various commitments, both personal and professional have kept me away from my blog and other online activities for almost four months.  The usual &#8211; classes, deadlines, family visits, kids&#8217; holidays.  And I think I would probably have kept away until &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2012/08/13/eltchat-change-of-address/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1378&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://cerij.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/sharing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ceri Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I teach speaking classes with groups of teenagers at a local High School once a week.  There&#8217;s a team of us all doing the same thing and to cut down on our workload, and to offer continuity across the classes, &#8230; <a href="http://cerij.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/sharing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cerij.wordpress.com&#038;blog=13658431&#038;post=1355&#038;subd=cerij&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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