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Monday, April 30, 2018
Noam Chomsky - Necessary Illusions (Full Massey Lecture, High Audio Qual...
There are a lot of Canadians appreciate documentation and clarity.
Sunday, April 29, 2018
Our Dialogue As A Productive Way To Practice English (ELPG)
Call it a Magic Table Dialogue Group. Call it a Dialogue For Peace group. Call it an English Language Practice Group.
As an English Language Practice Group it can be easy enough to be practical and productive for a beginning learner; it can be enjoyable enough and culturally enhancing enough for a native speaker of English to keep her coming back; it is a focused practice of listening to, and hearing a variety of individuals speaking English.
So our "ELPG" helps a beginning learner to hear the sounds of English as he listens to a variety of speakers say a few sentences on a limited topic. He experiences a focused intensive listening practice. He also has opportunities to choose the topic. When he is taking English class elsewhere to he will see his learning exhilarate.
This practice group can be of considerable interest to a native speaker. Such an English speaker can learn fun and empowering cultural enhancing rules of Magic Table Dialogue, she can also learn the Dialogue for Peace skills for dealing with and appreciating the assumptions and opinions perhaps very different from her own. She can also make friends with with individuals of a different language and culture than her own.
The middle ground learner of English can build his own word power by hearing targeted words in context. He also learns hear the English of a variety of speakers rather than just the pronunciation and manner of speaking of the teacher. He will here a number of people speak a given word in their own way. Hearing and listening to this speech for, say, pronunciation and intonation is great language practice. This practice combined with hearing a single word in a variety of sentences leads the learner into meaning and understanding in context. Practice is the main is the main aim here and listening is the principle practice. He will also get his turn by a very interested group of individual. He will say his few words. He will be listened to closely by the group.
Or dialogue is not a substitute fe other language studies. However, you could learn a valuable practice which serve you for a lifetime.You will eperience meaning in dialogue.
What's in it for you?
* You can improve your listening skills.
* Yuo can practice hearing what is said.
* You can practice using a language other than your own.
* You can improve your understanding of language and people.
* You will be listened to.
* You will learn to understand a variety of English speakers.
* You will learn to be understood as you speak English.
by Richard
for Mago Bill
As an English Language Practice Group it can be easy enough to be practical and productive for a beginning learner; it can be enjoyable enough and culturally enhancing enough for a native speaker of English to keep her coming back; it is a focused practice of listening to, and hearing a variety of individuals speaking English.
So our "ELPG" helps a beginning learner to hear the sounds of English as he listens to a variety of speakers say a few sentences on a limited topic. He experiences a focused intensive listening practice. He also has opportunities to choose the topic. When he is taking English class elsewhere to he will see his learning exhilarate.
This practice group can be of considerable interest to a native speaker. Such an English speaker can learn fun and empowering cultural enhancing rules of Magic Table Dialogue, she can also learn the Dialogue for Peace skills for dealing with and appreciating the assumptions and opinions perhaps very different from her own. She can also make friends with with individuals of a different language and culture than her own.
The middle ground learner of English can build his own word power by hearing targeted words in context. He also learns hear the English of a variety of speakers rather than just the pronunciation and manner of speaking of the teacher. He will here a number of people speak a given word in their own way. Hearing and listening to this speech for, say, pronunciation and intonation is great language practice. This practice combined with hearing a single word in a variety of sentences leads the learner into meaning and understanding in context. Practice is the main is the main aim here and listening is the principle practice. He will also get his turn by a very interested group of individual. He will say his few words. He will be listened to closely by the group.
Or dialogue is not a substitute fe other language studies. However, you could learn a valuable practice which serve you for a lifetime.You will eperience meaning in dialogue.
What's in it for you?
* You can improve your listening skills.
* Yuo can practice hearing what is said.
* You can practice using a language other than your own.
* You can improve your understanding of language and people.
* You will be listened to.
* You will learn to understand a variety of English speakers.
* You will learn to be understood as you speak English.
by Richard
for Mago Bill
Saturday, April 28, 2018
EL TRIP - RIOHACHA
Travel in Colombia. There is joy for the young at heart. If your get up and go has not gotten up and gone getin the car and go. If you travel with Spanish speaking your pleasures will multiply.
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Thursday, April 26, 2018
Public Fora
Real free speech: under democratic local control, honest, and even true
It seems to me that many geographical communities and perhaps neighborhoods could benefit from a physical forum. A place especially designed in which to freely talk about matters of local public interest. It ought to be a place that small crowds and smaller groups could be addressed and perhaps ranted to about about politics, religion, sex, governance. It could also have space and time for conversation on more important affairs. Space for free tutoring or teaching might find a place and be of benefit in such a place.
It could be a space in which to learn free speech. Really true free speech, with egalitarian opportunity to participate.
I would attend if amplification was of modest volume.
by Richard Sheehan
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
More Amazing Ancient United States
Google Earth views of archaeological sites in the United States including mounds and other earthworks. Let's find more information about these sites. Can you tell us more about one of them? One of them has evidence of habitation dating to 7,000 years ago.
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Friday, April 13, 2018
Cossacks
Cossacks became known as members of a democratic, self-governing, semi-military community, predominantly located in Southern Russia and south east Ukraine.
Maybe we should learn more about these people!
Maybe we should learn more about these people!
Wednesday, April 11, 2018
DNA Genesis - The Children Of Adam - National Geographic Documentary Fil...
A great introduction to DNA!
I do not believe that we can be traced back to an original father.
Perhaps, theoretical, any single man can be traced back to a single man.
It is here I will put the last of my DNA questions:
~ How any tests or kinds of tests are there for DNA?
~ How are genealogies correlated to DNA results.
~ What else can DNA results be correlated to? Can they be correlated to a family tree?
~ How are common ancestors uncovered through DNA testing? What if most of my ancestors are uncommon?
~ What if the ancestors are dead? Is it really necessary to dig them up?
~ How can DNA testing help to provide a "time predictor" for the likely date of the most recent common ancestors of two related individuals?" Why might we want to do that?
~ Are there many DNA tests?
~ What else might it be useful for me to know about DNA?
~ What's endogomy?
I do not believe that we can be traced back to an original father.
Perhaps, theoretical, any single man can be traced back to a single man.
It is here I will put the last of my DNA questions:
~ How any tests or kinds of tests are there for DNA?
~ How are genealogies correlated to DNA results.
~ What else can DNA results be correlated to? Can they be correlated to a family tree?
~ How are common ancestors uncovered through DNA testing? What if most of my ancestors are uncommon?
~ What if the ancestors are dead? Is it really necessary to dig them up?
~ How can DNA testing help to provide a "time predictor" for the likely date of the most recent common ancestors of two related individuals?" Why might we want to do that?
~ Are there many DNA tests?
~ What else might it be useful for me to know about DNA?
~ What's endogomy?
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
Monday, April 9, 2018
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