Lynnette's TESOL103

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May 18, 2021; Week 5;  Cultural Paradigms      I have lived in 21 different houses; 7 different states (in the United States); 2 different countries on two  different continents; have visited all 50 states in the U.S., and over 30 different countries on 5 of the 7  continents.  In all of these places I have found many, many good people of the world.  I have learned that  "culture" is a system of behavior that helps us act in an accepted and familiar way.  Some of those ways of behavior are different from my own--but learning about them has opened up new ways of eating, new forms of speech, and perhaps even a new way of seeing the world for me.         The barbecue from the South, and the inclusive speech of "you all" became habits hard to break.  Also  the hot dishes from Minnesota, along with the custom of just being "nice" are habits I hope to always  keep.  However, the cultural differences...

 Thursday, April 29, 2021; Week 2 ; Lynnette Brady's Response to: " Is the Great American Teacher Dead?    Principles to Resurrect Meaningful, Effective,  and Consciousness Raising Instruction"             by John J. Ivers, Brigham Young University, Idaho       In his abstract at the beginning of this article, Brother Ivers explains that anthropologists and some American authors think that the American intellectual on university campuses is dead--and then they put the blame squarely on the shoulders of the teachers at these universities.  Brother Ivers article then sites and explains many principles to help these teachers become great--or at least on that road.  He explains that the views from outsiders might give us a clearer picture of the problems:  student disengagement; lack of motivation and inspiration; no educational improvement after years of school; and pervasively poor teaching.  Then he...