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<iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/19977984" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px" allowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="https://fr.slideshare.net/sstipich/cell-phones-4-19977984" title="Cell phones 4" target="_blank">Cell phones 4</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/sstipich" target="_blank">sstipich</a></strong> </div>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-82743184397147840102009-12-02T02:36:00.000-08:002009-12-02T02:55:18.763-08:00Defining a well rounded education<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">This article written by </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> </span></span></span></span><a href="http://www.helium.com/users/465481/show_articles" title="About Me: Carrie Weitz"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Carrie Weitz</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">about well-rounded education is </span></span></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">published on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; "><a href="http://www.helium.com/items/1204174-well-rounded-education"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">http://www.helium.com/items/1204174-well-rounded-education</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Other links for articles by other writers are also added in the above site. </span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; line-height:18.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">After reading these valuable articles, we can evaluate our current system of education with a special focus on the ultimate objectives of the 2002 Education Act and Education Reform. Let's see where we are...</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">*****</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: 18pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;color:#993399;"><p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">A well-rounded education is the pursuit of comprehensive knowledge, balanced across a wide range of subjects. With the purpose of education being to prepare students to become competent, contributing citizens, the broad content of a well-rounded education expands future options, professionally, socially, and personally. Liberal Arts and Classical Education are considered well-rounded studies designed to develop intellectual growth, versus studying for a specific skill or profession.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">The current system favors deferring well-rounded studies to higher education, while focusing on a limited number of skills in elementary and high schools. This works contrary to the goals of Liberal Arts, which aim to provide a foundation on which to build specialized knowledge. When the grammar stage has been spent gathering facts, the logic stage spent organizing and testing those facts, and the rhetoric stage has mastered communicating facts, a student gains the tools to learn anything. On the other hand, a student taught to memorize and drill from age five to eighteen has been trained to store knowledge with little need to process or explore further.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Lifelong habits are difficult to break, and the principles of a well-rounded education become harder to grasp. When Classical methods are reserved for those over 18, the developmental stages most suited to this molding are missed. After high school, few students find themselves able, even if willing, to pursue general studies.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">According to the US Census Bureau, 53.9% of Americans over the age of 24 have received any college education, and only 27% finish with a Bachelor's degree or higher. The National Association of Colleges and Employers counts 24% of undergraduate degrees as Liberal Arts program completion, or less than 7% of the </span></b><st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">US</span></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"> population. The expense and competition of higher education prevents most undergraduates from broadening scope and sequence. They find themselves focusing intensely on completing a relatively narrow course schedule designed for specific career and financial goals. General electives are often seen as classes to "get through" in order to meet degree credit requirements.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Despite the growing opportunities for potential degree holders, Liberal Arts studies still carry a stigma. As we continue to specialize, compartmentalize, and hone in on specific skills, we come to devalue knowledge in most other areas, believing they have no relevance to our purpose. When we lose sight of the impact a well-rounded education</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">has on our lives and on society as a whole, our capabilities are weakened, even within our specialty.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">There is no career, no hobby, no community that would not benefit from broader knowledge. A highly specialized medical professional will always be working with patients of varied experiences and expectations. A person who enjoys camping will always meet new environmental and physical challenges. A community will always change in numbers, make up, and need. With a solid, well-rounded education, people have the tools to face a new situation and understand how to approach problems effectively.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Literacy, mathematics, and specific skill sets in chosen subjects remain important factors in success. Understanding the hows and whys of these topics increases potential. True knowledge of how history, science, psychology, sociology, economics, technology, philosophy, art, literature, languages and civics impact all that we study, all that we live, provides the opportunity to expand skill mastery into success in all aspects of life.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Today, the most common resources for well-rounded K-12 education are found in a limited number of private schools, often Christian-based, even fewer charter and magnet schools, and through homeschooling or supplemental home studies. A parent who values the principles of the grammar/logic/rhetoric Trivium is unlikely to find this method being used in a traditional high school and even less likely to find it in a traditional primary school. With the public school focus on basic math and reading, the desire to seek global learning is a family responsibility.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Those interested in learning more about the history and benefits of Classical teaching can visit www.triviumpursuit.com for a Christian view and www.welltrainedmind.com for a more secular perspective. Both sites share information and resources for guiding the well-rounded education of homeschool students as well as that of traditional students.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">For adults eager to learn how to effectively self-educate, Susan Wise Bauer has written The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had. Through each of the five genres of writing, The Well-Educated Mind shares the keys to analysing and comprehending all forms of the written word, making knowledge in any subject accessible.</span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify;line-height:18.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Arial; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#6600CC;">Skill-focused education teaches a skill. Well-rounded education teaches the art of learning. "The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn." -Alvin Toffler</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p></div></div>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-56105151338357491612009-09-20T15:39:00.001-07:002009-09-20T15:56:52.719-07:00Parole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfBGrlPBWbggyqqg-X7pJaThZ4lSLgjT3g8USAuS1hsD7k1etzCmBllj_O2eqysqUZ3GqaAe_v1xegOq7ug7KPPOro8nmBOiX73g5G4bGzzP6wuKgYHyBF0yX3OQjJubYpVoDRyUS27WC/s1600-h/quiet.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFfBGrlPBWbggyqqg-X7pJaThZ4lSLgjT3g8USAuS1hsD7k1etzCmBllj_O2eqysqUZ3GqaAe_v1xegOq7ug7KPPOro8nmBOiX73g5G4bGzzP6wuKgYHyBF0yX3OQjJubYpVoDRyUS27WC/s320/quiet.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383687341107025954" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure!<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Et le faible, n’a-t-il pas le droit d’exister? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">L’avis dans la vie est faible <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">S’il n’est pas doté d’un bras d’acier.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Plusieurs pensent, beaucoup s’annonce <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Mais un brin seulement s’amorce.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Ce qui régis le monde, c’est la pensée<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Conjuguée à la force.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Le droit de penser est ouvertement bafoué,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Contre ta vie ta langue sera déliée :<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">« Une vie sans langue ou une langue sans vie »,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Cela semble devenir une fatalité.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Fatalité terrestre ou céleste?! <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Tout est brouillé.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Tout le long de l’histoire, la pensée visait un but final<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Qui ne cessait de s’éloigner créant un vide éternel.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">L’homme, malin ou futile, s’agrippe à un rêve mythique <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Se jette dans des tracés de violence mortelle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Usant d’une force féroce qui dévoile son monde atroce.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Et quelle ironie! Contre le destin il se déclare rebelle.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Musanaa- Dec 1997<o:p></o:p></span></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-88696914380530342182009-09-20T15:16:00.000-07:002009-09-20T16:04:54.880-07:00Sévices!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58N7rGZEeYRTAFjcvNsCTA8gKogQBG9aB5jkC9vcNUlOZBr7nrqphyz0R1MXz95dgyBeSS1wxYL6mpjhP3PNeW4TmP4XQrBKqd0ZDgxeUmPua0sXttbyOhYlShdE75PuWM5N6ewMc2S16/s1600-h/abou+ghreeb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi58N7rGZEeYRTAFjcvNsCTA8gKogQBG9aB5jkC9vcNUlOZBr7nrqphyz0R1MXz95dgyBeSS1wxYL6mpjhP3PNeW4TmP4XQrBKqd0ZDgxeUmPua0sXttbyOhYlShdE75PuWM5N6ewMc2S16/s400/abou+ghreeb.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383688949601788018" /></a><p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:48px;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Quand le monde est à l’envers,</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Ou l’ami, l’ennemi, le bon et le mauvais</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">ne se distinguent plus jamais.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">C’est là que la charogne, la crasse et </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">la puanteur, règnent en dominante teneur.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Fragile comme elle est, la vie est piétinée.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">On marche sur la queue, on fracasse la tête</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">sans regrets ni remords pour l’authenticité.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Tous parlent et reparlent de leurs monstruosités </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">si bien insinuées, trop bien justifiées. Oh Descartes!ton œuvre perdue et ta logique bafouée.</span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">Chacun</span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">prive l’autre de la vie et se l’approprie, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">visant à s’assurer un passé, mort hélas ! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">et un futur sans paroisse.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">La terre, fontaine de vie et de volupté, souffrant</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">de bien trop de maux, se déclare stérile </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">sur un ton amer:« Au diable ses enfants </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">qui- fœtus ou bébé-répugnent la tétine maternelle! »</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">« Qu’ils crèvent ses enfants! » Offrande d’une mère au Dieu créateur, comme au bon vieux temps, un acte purificateur.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">« Géhenne soit le ventre qui portera ses formes IN-humaines,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">mieux vaut être stérile que produire un être plein de cruauté et de haine ». </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoTitle" align="left" style="text-align:left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: verdana;">(Musanaa- January 9th 1996)</span></span></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-22154397196296373982009-09-20T15:05:00.000-07:002009-09-21T11:17:36.158-07:00Les temps Modernes<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRRgkoSTDVArj_h84IOLohyphenhyphent5r69_jjzieUsPv7-BRlNOj3EYNeQ8nAUnR6-5L2shj6ARRfvi_srYpIfFM_oSXfieyvt_nix1VI5fZqvsAzVsBMlkeAp4XWDO11cbKZFGLZr6mxG6GE7G/s1600-h/satan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 317px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcRRgkoSTDVArj_h84IOLohyphenhyphent5r69_jjzieUsPv7-BRlNOj3EYNeQ8nAUnR6-5L2shj6ARRfvi_srYpIfFM_oSXfieyvt_nix1VI5fZqvsAzVsBMlkeAp4XWDO11cbKZFGLZr6mxG6GE7G/s400/satan.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383984928048446386" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;">L’homme d’aujourd’hui avec ses visions futuristes,<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">vit encore ses penchants primitifs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">L’habit, l’habitude et l’étiquette moderne<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">ne suffisent guerre à les camoufler.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Grand hommes ou hommes grands sont réunis <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Secoués par le temps, ces êtres démunis<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">de leurs esprits créateurs bienfaisants ou maudits,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Ne valent mieux qu’un bébé- nouveau-né ou un diable effréné.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Un acte innocent, un autre virulent un tout autre déplaisant.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Quelles créatures ces hommes! diables angéliques ou<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">anges sataniques?! Autant parler d’une vipère domestique!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Plus venimeuse sera-t-elle quand lui revient son instinct fatidique. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Culture est clôture pour l’homme de ce type,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">très fragile dans ce monde plein de contradictions.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">Clôture ébranlée, seuil dépassé, l’homme revient<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="Comic Sans MS"font-family:";">à ses actes démesurés, sans artifice ni beauté.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">( Musanaa- February 13th 1995)</p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-47763976249767822462009-08-15T04:05:00.000-07:002009-08-15T04:49:17.196-07:00The other face of FACEBOOK<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_JRz7mb440Y-z9RLM8KAsos4MvHScNOvZjDPlPSHvLTeH0ZBrPcnNthOYH0pMNH0wsdDtxGj1CdB8sUjzNL0RnaC2QXzEkeR2Ign-kBzp5hyphenhyphen8CJ3IWEgtUpwypYs0wjbahgsP6gJJ5hj/s1600-h/facebook+pic.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_JRz7mb440Y-z9RLM8KAsos4MvHScNOvZjDPlPSHvLTeH0ZBrPcnNthOYH0pMNH0wsdDtxGj1CdB8sUjzNL0RnaC2QXzEkeR2Ign-kBzp5hyphenhyphen8CJ3IWEgtUpwypYs0wjbahgsP6gJJ5hj/s320/facebook+pic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370148692836864930" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">Modern technology has certainly impacted our lifestyle and shaped our taste and behaviour. Isn't it spoiling our family quality time? <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">When connected, children are overwhelmed by the flow of pictures, videos, movies and songs... An irresistible</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000;mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:#990000;mso-ansi-language:EN-US">torrent that is gnawing into our wellbeing because it exposes us to the whole world when we should be in our cosy home retreat away from the world headache.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: normal; white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">Facebook can incite Jealousy</span></span><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Here is an article about the consequences of using (or overusing) WEB2.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">This can be used with 2nd and 4th formers. Please make use of it and refer to the original site:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><a href="http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com/">http://refreshingnews9.blogspot.com</a></span> </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Spen</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ding time on social networking sites can lead to jealousy toward romantic partners, a new study indicates. <br /><br />The results are based on a survey of more than 300 college students, and reveal a vicious cycle that plays out in the digital ecosystem called Facebook and ends in a frenzy of jealousy feeding jealousy. <br /><br />Facebook, which announced its 200 millionth member this year, lets users set up profile pages on which "friends" post comments, photos and other banter, for the most part. <br /><br />Here's how Amy Muise of the University of Guelph in Ontario and her colleagues think the ugly green-eyed monster rears its head: <br /><br />Student spends time on Facebook. He or she monitors the profile page of a significant other, finding ambiguous information about their partner that they otherwise may not have access to. This new information stirs up jealous feelings in said student, who then scours for more Facebook information that further fuels the fire. <br /><br />This escalating cycle can become addictive, according to the new research published in the August issue of the journal CyberPsychology & Behavior. <br /><br /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Facebook fodder </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /><br />In the surveys, participants answered questions about demographic factors, Facebook use and jealousy. They rated on a scale from "very unlikely" to "very likely" 27 jealousy items, including: "How likely are you to become jealous after your partner has added an unknown member of the opposite sex?" and "How likely are you to monitor your partner's activities on Facebook?" <br /><br />On average, students spent nearly 40 minutes a day on Facebook and had an average of about 300 friends. <br /><br />About 75 percent of students were at least somewhat likely to add previous romantic or sexual partners as Facebook friends, and just as many reported their partner had added previous significant others. Almost all participants said their partner was at least somewhat likely to have Facebook friends who they don't know. <br /><br />And the more time a person spent on Facebook, the higher they scored on the jealousy scale. This result held regardless of personality and relationship factors, including a person's propensity toward jealousy, self-esteem, trust and commitment to the relationship. <br /><br /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Jealousy is jealousy </span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /><br />Such jealousy triggers are not new. <br /><br />"It seemed like jealousy was still being triggered by the same things that jealousy is typically triggered by," Muise said, "such as seeing a partner interact with a past romantic or sexual partner, an attractive member of the opposite sex, or ambiguous scenes involving a partner where you don't know the context of, or your partner's relationship with, that person." <br /><br />The difference between the jealousy playing out on Facebook versus in offline social circles is the easy access to information, she added. <br /><br />"You're exposed to more information," Muise told LiveScience. "And you can also monitor your partner's activities very easily and without being detected, because they don't know how many times a day you're looking on their Facebook page unless you communicate that with them." <br /><br />The researchers say the study results are not meant to bash social networking sites. "It's not necessarily about blaming the medium of Facebook or saying that Facebook is negative," Muise said. Rather, she added, the study just shows one of the outcomes of this social platform. <br /><br />"For this generation, Facebook has become a very big thing," Muise said. "In some ways it's changing the way we're communicating and interacting in our relationships." <br /><br />One limitation of the study was that the sample was predominantly female. Preliminary results from follow-up research by Muise and her colleagues using a balanced sample shows a gender difference. While both guys and gals reported jealousy related to Facebook use, women were more likely to monitor their partner's activities more closely as a result. Guys, on the other hand, said they just avoided looking at their partner's profile page.</span></span></span>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-85135233678394747562009-07-31T16:17:00.000-07:002009-08-13T15:04:58.397-07:00Multimedia Language labs<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Multimedia Language labs</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">IC-LAN PRO and VOCALAB</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Features and implications on teaching EFL in Tunisia</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">- <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">IC-LAN:</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"> Equipment and software stationed in CREFOCS for teacher trainers (French and English for the moment) to conduct training sessions. The objective is to sensitise teachers to the importance of using the multimedia language labs (MMLL). <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The last two week-training sessions focused on the features and specifications of both MMLLs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">IC-LAN is user-friendly software with a nice interface. The MMLL consists of 14 PCs containing the <i>Pupil Console</i> a double-monitor PC for the Teacher Console. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The Teacher Console allows the teachers to be in control of everything. The teachers can block, intercom, chat and assist/guide students (as individuals or groups) while they are on task. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The Group discussion panel allows the teachers to randomly create groups or pre-select them- for mixed-ability classes for example- and even colour-code them for pedagogical purposes. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Texting and vocal chat also allow teachers to monitor discussions. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Teachers can make students discuss topics in pairs or in groups. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Students can pair-share then pair-square-share. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">A student’s good performance could easily be transmitted by the teacher to the rest of the group; a feature that is very useful in web quests or presentations.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">A security control panel allows teachers to bar specific sites or embedded PC programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The lab is fitted with high-tech devices that allow trainers and teachers to work on projects such as preparing or editing a movie, a video. They can also record external voices, digitize external analog files…<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Some other peripherals come with IC-LAN such as high-definition scanner, sound recorder and video recorder. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The features the equipment offers are innovative in the Tunisian educational context as far as languages are concerned.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">As its name indicates, this software is using a LAN (Local Area Network) with a cable connection. However, Internet connectivity is always available; the login and password are provided by the CREFOC administration. So Internet can be integrated as an integral part of the lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">IC-LAN gives the possibility of preparing interactive exercises with a panoply of quizzes like multiple choice, C-Test, matching… where multimedia files can be embedded.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">This feature can be used in both formative and summative assessment. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">As the test can be saved automatically by the teacher and checked by the computer software, the heavy burden of marking can be alleviated.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">VOCALAB:</span> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language:EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Like IC-LAN,<b> </b>VOCALAB has a double interface: Teacher Console and Student Console. The equipment and software are used in prep and secondary schools. They consist of 14 laptops fitted with the Student Console and a laptop for the teacher fitted with the Teacher Console. They are all Wi-Fi connected. The school ADSL connection provides the necessary relay transmitter. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The rationale behind opting for laptops and Wi-Fi connection might be the mobility of the MMLL according to circumstances and the scanty school means. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Still, VOCALAB offers quite a good array of features that make teaching and learning fun. Apart from the features that VOCALAB shares with IC-LAN (the ones I have mentioned before), Vocalab is using the famous J-clic to prepare a wide range of nice interactive exercises that can be embedded in a database. This, however, is a challenge for teachers who are not familiar with this software. To feel comfortable with J-Clic, requires at least 3 or 4 training sessions. This is quite a long period of time the teachers can’t afford. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">Both MMLLs allow students to record their own voices and therefore correct their lapses by comparing their performance to the authentic materials that can easily and immediately be downloaded from the net.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">In the Tunisian context, both MMLLs solve many of our teaching problems mainly those related to listening and extensive reading activities.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The intercom with students offers teachers the chance to correct/help/guide individually -or as a group- students. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The group work that has never been the highlight of our education system is now possible as the above-mentioned MMLLs can only be used by 14 students. A restriction deemed very positive by our teachers because half of the class only is taken at a time.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The possibility of showing videos, podcasts and presentations that can be visualized time and again - helps students to learn at their own pace. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The infinite possibilities MMLLs offer as far as collaborative learning is concerned open new perspectives for language teachers to envision short or long-term projects about hot-button issues that can involve students from different regions /countries. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">To keep track of students’ progress, we can upload their work to e-portfolios which will serve as repository for students’ assignments and a basis for future self evaluation. Parents can also be involved to check on their children’s work by peeping at e-portfolios from time to time.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">MMLLs are of course not a panacea for our education ills but the facilities they offer are welcomed by teachers including the most antiquated of them.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;">The few students that had access to these MMLLs expressed their enthusiasm and expected great outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:45.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-weight: bold;font-family:Verdana;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt;text-align:justify"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:45.0pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:-18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-mso-ansi-language: EN-USfont-family:Tahoma;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153);"> </span></span></o:p></span></p><p></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-84819113751435879202009-04-16T10:26:00.000-07:002011-11-02T16:16:45.490-07:00Listening in EFL, what’s the snag?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi2bM7DhqgF-fYT81YVuN-tiTlAurc5k2Bo6OnIwyJuSaPxrOx60-h2N6w29X33aH9ZEJtUBsMYv1_GyFCOxbNgEdZ94mkTpaolQmtbCJaZHka2s-uHnS7U50U-GEchatqTPa55YrT6Sr/s1600-h/mission-impossible-4.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZi2bM7DhqgF-fYT81YVuN-tiTlAurc5k2Bo6OnIwyJuSaPxrOx60-h2N6w29X33aH9ZEJtUBsMYv1_GyFCOxbNgEdZ94mkTpaolQmtbCJaZHka2s-uHnS7U50U-GEchatqTPa55YrT6Sr/s200/mission-impossible-4.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325350586810674194" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB86fjlKdmvDK3V19EosYf-uSfWD_7vJ_y_XGMIPLhYPTsyFe342U5RHoWdbLkhsW4k00qFZj8jLz2pCgvWQqn4fUj3TtOSqrUFr-EISi70JOdy5JI60xZyx7iGOtAEluCASvG9NUmW4mf/s1600-h/listening3.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span></span><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB86fjlKdmvDK3V19EosYf-uSfWD_7vJ_y_XGMIPLhYPTsyFe342U5RHoWdbLkhsW4k00qFZj8jLz2pCgvWQqn4fUj3TtOSqrUFr-EISi70JOdy5JI60xZyx7iGOtAEluCASvG9NUmW4mf/s200/listening3.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325349090476132546" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">As far off as my memory can go -about a quarter of a century back- I can say it out loud that teaching listening has not improved at all. Some say it is the least motivating lesson for a class. Others believe it is alienating to both teachers and students.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Others reckon that pre- and post- listening activities take over the real and major task ie. listening. Shocking, isn’t it?</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">To address this issue, we should hold the bull by the horns.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Before we start, let’s have an overview of the teaching scene without makeup brushes.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">If you are not a teacher of English, just fancy this!</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This happens in a listening session.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- As a teacher, you are a ‘cassette-operator’ who winds, rewinds, adjusts sound…</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- In front of you a class of some 30 students scattered at random in the classroom</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- Three or four rows of fixed or unmovable seats</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- In your hand a cassette-recorder with one speaker and most of the time without a counter</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- A classroom with no sound-proof walls</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- The classroom large windows open on the noisy school playgrounds and /or street where trucks, tractors, buses, silencer-free motorbikes never stop buzzing.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- Some hammering – over your head in an urgent roof-repair or from an active construction site nearby</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- Other jam-packed classrooms around you with students probably taking a</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">test.! With all due respect to a ‘don’t-disturb-test-taking class’…</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></i></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">You are about to play the tape now.</span></span></span></span></u1:p></span></i></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- You peep! Where’s the socket? Here it is. Fine so far…</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- Where will you keep the cassette? No problem, you can snatch half of the pupil’s place. Or be ‘the cassette custodian’ and hold it high on your own hands during the listening session.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- Surprise! The socket is not fused.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">‘Why don’t you keep a fuse with you all the time?’ suggested the school electrician.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Why not? Another teaching aid for listening sessions!</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Will that fuse work in other classrooms? Of course not! An assortment of fuses is needed. Different brands of sockets are installed at school.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">- You turn into a magician; you wave your wand and get out of your pocket some batteries.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">‘Keep them at hand teacher! You will need them the next lesson’. Got it!</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></u1:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Don’t get bored with this, guys!</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> The setting is not complete.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I forgot to tell you that this is about the end of the 1</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">st</span></span></sup><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">decade of the 3</span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">rd</span></span></sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">millennium. Just one more detail and then we will get started in a moment.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Windows closed! Door closed! Lend me your ears!</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You impose a complete silence in the room.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">After winding and rewinding, you finally start playing the tape.</span></span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A knocking on the door.</span></span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Yes!</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">‘ Mr X told you to turn down the sound’, the first ‘envoy’ from the classroom next door tells you.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Without disturbing the reverent atmosphere you have imposed before starting, you turn the sound down.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></u1:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Students now claim their full right to have the sound turned up</span></span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">‘Save your lesson. Do it!’ the voice of reason tells you.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You decide to turn the sound up.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></u1:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A k</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">nocking on the door again.</span></span></span></span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Yes! ‘ Mr X told you the sound is still high’,</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> the second envoy informs you.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">‘Don’t do it!’ The voice of reason tells you.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Without hesitation, you decide to keep it high. You are in your classroom. You are not trespassing and the students are focused on the task after all.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></u1:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">A k</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">nocking on the door again.</span></span></span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> ‘ I can’t work in these conditions. This is unbecoming of you! You’re being inconsiderate. Turn the sound down or else I will call the principal’, shouts angrily the Maths teacher.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:36.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">‘To cut it short, you close the door and finish your lesson’………………………..</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></u1:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">This is what practically takes place in every listening session.</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You find me very sarcastic. Yes, I am. The situation is surreal. How many times has the lesson been interrupted? Are we really conducting a listening lesson? Are we equipping students with listening skills?</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> With this tiny cassette, how much will students get?</span></span></u1:p></span></i></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">How many students of that large class will grasp the meaning and use the skills you as teacher want to pass on to them?</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You will tell me ‘silence gives consent. You have been doing it for ages, why raise the issue now?'</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You’re right. Simply I saw some people putting the cart before the horse. A language lab (Software and hardware) has been installed in almost every CREFOC targeting language teaching. The millions of Euros spent on labs -not yet functional after one year of lingering expectations- could have provided thousands of CD-players to schools and repaired the thousands of dilapidated classrooms, broken windows and of course the never-working sockets.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">To my mind, this is putting spoke in wheels. Somebody wanted to prove that they were serving the country’s well-being, innovating education by being the vanguard of themselves.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> The reality is down; why should we turn our eyes up and jump over it?</span></span></u1:p></span></i></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Let’s not speak in riddles… This is the fact of the matter:</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:33.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The conditions in schools are precarious.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:10.3pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:33.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span dir="LTR"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The average class in secondary education is 30 to 33</span></span></span></i></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i></span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The substandard attainment recorded every year in national exams is alarming.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i></span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The rate of school dropouts is soaring</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="apple-converted-space"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">School equipment is seedy-looking</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Internet rooms have been hijacked by the administration and transformed into classrooms</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:33.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops:list 33.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span style="mso-list:Ignore"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-</span></span><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span dir="LTR"><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></i></span></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Violent friction at school involving all parties – teachers, administration and students- is common place</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:3.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p> <u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">In this hellish misery, the school atmosphere is gloomy and tense. The expectations of students and teachers are low; their relationships are intoxicated and communication between them is barred.</span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></u1:p></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> </u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:10.3pt;margin-bottom: 0cm;margin-left:18.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Priority should be given to the urgent daily necessities not to the fantasies of some whimsical high officials who have never left their comfortable seats and air-conditioned offices to see closely the vicissitudes of the education systems. </span></span></span></i><span lang="EN-US" style=" ;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style=""><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></o:p></span></p></span></div><p></p><p></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-41360431613608342009-03-09T09:22:00.000-07:002009-04-16T12:06:31.487-07:00Is our network flimsy?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-ErdUNioFGuAEP21ZckWxqMn5K-5MHj13YJPOyVsNpq4HyybBtM4g2cXNQPLyWg4OkTyLwaY7WX3CAA4L5Mschdhvp5vJRyxT6Tum3Bo9mblyDsDfTJRZpybriTTRugOjlnn-1ZPj1lG/s1600-h/network.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-ErdUNioFGuAEP21ZckWxqMn5K-5MHj13YJPOyVsNpq4HyybBtM4g2cXNQPLyWg4OkTyLwaY7WX3CAA4L5Mschdhvp5vJRyxT6Tum3Bo9mblyDsDfTJRZpybriTTRugOjlnn-1ZPj1lG/s320/network.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311229258000825522" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-right: 3pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Fast technological progress and globalization have made one thing perfectly clear: Advanced training is a requirement for professional success. Nowadays, there are institutions for advanced training that promote programs to enable continual learning. Internet plays an important role in their endeavor. People can participate in advanced training courses worldwide even from their homes.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;margin-right: 3pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="EN" style=""></span></span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">A</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">lmost all universities in the world have websites and maintain their database updated. As an aspect of modern education, those universities build up their reputation by granting scholarships and by keeping their doors open </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">for </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">foreign students. They also insure a reliable 24-hour-connection for distance learning. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-arabic-font-family:Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=""><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">University portals carry information and give courses on daily, weekly or monthly basis. Apart from the on-the-spot courses, the web-based seminars and video-conferencing are in the center of attention. It is an easy-going e-learning in a virtual environment, at the fingerprints of learners. Age is never a handicap for learners. Neither are time or space.</span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-arabic-font-family:Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The know-how which was topical few years ago is obsolete today. Keeping up with the latest developments in one's field of expertise requires continuing education and the application of acquired skills. This guarantees state-of-the-art expertise and the ability to master theoretical and practical job challenges.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;text-indent: 27.75pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">However, some of our universities seem to be lagging behind time and knowledge age. Pop round their sites, make your query… Surprise! All the absurd defects that make netters edgy are there. The pages are slow, the links are broken, the database is obsolete, and the supposed-to-be dynamic forums are not functional…Your query is therefore fruitless and your nerves uptight. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;text-indent: 27.75pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even the institutions dispensing distance-learning courses are still using snail-mail, and charge the learners high mail service. You don't need to be expert in accountancy to spot the difference if the documents are sent by e-mail. Let alone the waste of time. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;text-indent: 27.75pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Time is money, and money is wealth. Is this equation a misconception for us? What others think -and reiterate- about us is that we are not time-conscious. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="mso-arabic-font-family:Arial; mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Isn't this evidence that corroborates their belief?</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;text-indent: 27.75pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">During the two or three days- to be optimistic- the documents take to reach you, you can do quite a lot of things.</span></span></span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">By sending documents by e-mail, they could have saved our time and money. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;text-indent: 27.75pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The snag is not with e-mail connection. The e-mail is hale and hearty but the network is flimsy, the </span></span></span></span><b><span style="mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family: Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">human network</span></span></span></span></b><span style="mso-arabic-font-family:Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family: Arial;mso-greek-font-family:Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> I mean. We feel there are still many people who bask in an ocean of misconceptions and don't want to reap the benefits of knowledge age, an opportunity that will not last forever. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;text-indent: 27.75pt; "><span style="mso-arabic-font-family: Arial;mso-cyrillic-font-family:Arial;mso-default-font-family:Arial;mso-greek-font-family: Arial;mso-hebrew-mso-latin-mso-latinext-font-family:Arial;"><span lang="EN" style=" "><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">It is high time we embarked on a revitalizing program for every body, came up with a plan of action for tangible progress. There are many people who command a wealth of experience waiting for a chance to excel. Let them have it.</span></span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-18888890743341422009-03-08T07:14:00.000-07:002009-04-16T12:07:28.801-07:00L'ironie du sort!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4I2eraDhcrE005mjSCT79dpbZGL4OehCYW59B6sY4R_cA07gjjU_I_oM9ENRjz1jCoN238IFWhpOIvds2umVx9ksZvtJ7dt-L6b63OhOvFM2lJavBR_p7P38lwMF1eMcKFE6BdHkGxt6/s1600-h/destiny.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ4I2eraDhcrE005mjSCT79dpbZGL4OehCYW59B6sY4R_cA07gjjU_I_oM9ENRjz1jCoN238IFWhpOIvds2umVx9ksZvtJ7dt-L6b63OhOvFM2lJavBR_p7P38lwMF1eMcKFE6BdHkGxt6/s400/destiny.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310856987936978194" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><div style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 3px; padding-right: 3px; padding-bottom: 3px; padding-left: 3px; width: auto; font: normal normal normal 100%/normal Georgia, serif; text-align: left; "><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: center; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><i><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Les seules bonnes copies sont celles qui nous font voir le ridicule</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">des méchants originaux.</span></span></i><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A maxim of Duc de Rochefoucauld</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: -32.4pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-US"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">15 years of toil for Lakhdar, day and night, devotion, diligence, and assiduity. Add whatever you like of that lexis, they will always tally with dad’s persona.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">In the graveyard, the employer was lying at the foot of the employee. That’s what I discovered when I went to the cemetery for a requiem on my father’s soul...</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Cold stones covering dad’s fragile body with a Death Licence Plate showing his last name, his last date of birth and the fresh date of death. A date that is a stop mark for everything he did, for every breath he inhaled or exhaled…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">At the foot of my father’s tomb, I read ‘Here reposes Lakhdar…’ My father’s boss lying under his feet! L’ironie du sort, say French people.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">That sight gnawed into my peace of mind. Is that Equity in Death? Death is the only ungraduated scale on earth. Wealth, health, honour, power can’t adjudicate you higher. Death is death for everybody. The pharaohs, the kings, the emperors all suffered the same death. There is no death for this and another for that. Filling the sepulchres of old Egyptians with gems did not prevent their rotting.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Mummification was a devious attempt to allocate eternity to human bodies. In the graveyard titles vanish.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">From dust to dust, all reduced to dust…How true! An idea</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">reiterated by all religions. Costumes, jewelleries, social worth cannot ornament your tomb or make it more luxurious.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">But, who is lying under the feet of the other? Well, that’s after death but it is still a sign. Father died with no retirement pension, no annuity, no insurance…</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I don’t bear anybody a grudge, but follow me and figure out. The D-day, death day, let’s stay here on earth, only a dozen people followed Lakhdar’s ruined corpse. A sully sight… The deluge was that day. Lakhdar’s haughtiness, his arrogance, his prestige, his money</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">have not driven people out of their miserable habitations to come and honor his corpse. After all, his own children, scattered all over the world have not honored him either.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">My father’s procession was a success. All the healthy people in the village came to follow his corpse. The sunny day might have encouraged people to come and have a walk and enjoy the quietude of the cemetery, a luxury they cannot afford on other week days. Some have certainly used it as a motive to leave their workplace. The intention doesn’t matter, villagers will reiterate this to their kids, </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">“ Kbaier’s procession was like a market day”. (Kbaier is my father)</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 1.3pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.4pt; "><span lang="EN-AU"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">In the village, you can’t have that crowd save on market days. My father spent more than 50 years working to make ends meet, and left behind him a shabby type of habitation and eleven kids.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span></span></p></div></span>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-19076567075808802182009-03-08T07:08:00.000-07:002009-04-24T14:59:02.498-07:00Adapt or die!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyrdvFAXH1ycM50jnz_Ex0g6bLE2G3lG3WhYXO7h3Y7_maWpR26mAKmCywiOlE0I9b5LgMp-NwtpYA6_sO9VeuC_JO3d-FJfnx5QKZwvygSs9ERkMyJQscB6WLQKAxzK6HkuS5-itcs4t/s1600-h/big+change.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwyrdvFAXH1ycM50jnz_Ex0g6bLE2G3lG3WhYXO7h3Y7_maWpR26mAKmCywiOlE0I9b5LgMp-NwtpYA6_sO9VeuC_JO3d-FJfnx5QKZwvygSs9ERkMyJQscB6WLQKAxzK6HkuS5-itcs4t/s320/big+change.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310821620507416722" /></a><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The obsessive leitmotiv of today's culture is change, flexibility, updating but also obsolescence…Our ears are bombarded daily with this lexis. ‘Time to change’ is the credo today. Change is shown as the only prospect of life and the sign of viability. However, the change we witness today appears as a waste of time and energy, a derailment from the natural process.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Every now and then, some influential people are coaxed with an idea and surreptitiously make out of it their raison-d'être and defend it vehemently as an absolute truth. No sooner had they started talking about it that it became a trend, an option, a necessary change…with an army of advocators and fervent devotees.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Even in the field of education, shifting from an approach to another is like changing jackets. It is undemanding! Just tailor-make it so that it suits the body, with some quick brush strokes for the make up…it is done. It looks beautiful, it is fascinating…It is a TREND. Too much ink about it makes it sound and unequivocal.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">What was a truth yesterday becomes a fallacy today. The same lips that muttered the hundreds of arguments to defend yesterday's approach falsify it today and torment those who do not abide by the new trend. "The truth has to be defended"; they say. But we know that great talkers are never great doers.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Self-righteous as usual, they require teachers to behave differently with their students. Students are now seen as "</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">full" human beings able to decide, to comprehend, to analyze…Nice words, unquestionable facts, an undeniable truth. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Weren't they so before? Were we teaching brutes, zombies or extraterrestrials?</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The magician waves his wand, cries abracadabra, and zombies turn into humans. How easy! How great! The magician is talented but what about the human-zombies?!</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It is not thanks to the magician's </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">contrite heart, that yesterday's zombies will be trained, refined, and cultured into humans. It is the conjuncture of events. It is the bittersweet reality, the winds of change that are sweeping clean all the fortified bastions</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">To survive, the bastion dwellers --the magician's endeared disciples --have to initiate an adjustment in their thinking, in their behaviour…to convince themselves, and give the illusion to outsiders, that they are viable in this wobbly world.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Those who recall their past are seen as antiquated. But man has the peculiar faculty of calling up again, at least in his mind, the echo of past experiences, of going over them again.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-Isn't it a blessing?</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">-No, No, No, mind your words! On the contrary, it is a cuuuurse!</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">We tend to persuade ourselves that life indeed would be dull if there were no difficulties. But deep down we feel that these difficulties are not genuine. They are far-fetched, and sometimes prefabricated. It is a part of the make-believe, to give the impression that there is no gain without pain.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The watchword is: ‘</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style=" mso-ansi-language:EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">more efforts are required’, ‘Keep them panting’, ‘don’t give them time to think’... It’s a good way to make them mind their own business. Why should they waste their time and energy thinking? Not them anyway.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Each man's belief is right in his own eyes, but when that belief concerns the fate of a nation, it has to be discussed publicly and meticulously. </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The wand of the magician cannot always be righteous. People who find themselves unable to trace the waving of the magician's hand ultimately turn to gullibility. They take everything for granted.</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Great! The objective is reached…</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language:EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><u1:p></u1:p> </span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><u1:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></u1:p></span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-align:justify;text-indent: 21.75pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;font-family:Verdana;color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">A society like this produces spoof scholars and pseudo-thinkers. How true! Those fake figures willingly become the mouthpiece of the magician and propagate his art. As for the rest of people, it seems they are following many hares at the same time. We know for sure they will catch none.</span></span><span style="color:black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:1.3pt;text-indent:21.75pt"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></o:p></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: -16.7pt; margin-left: -27pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 30.75pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7864138795437596420.post-27900498286936810242009-03-08T07:03:00.000-07:002009-04-24T15:04:47.138-07:00I enjoyed my pupils’ tears...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoW9lIiZakZw0JXrRO1yIgUvYMA0RVd1_OK3_8HEdKoyxwx9RNLttI3Wuf1PchcahB7JY0no90-RGFcmfMh2LtpN2fZ40tsTEFa73G1gXW5rwOnPEavszLlbh9eyvDZdYsgNEeW-1Y6MZ/s1600-h/pps.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyoW9lIiZakZw0JXrRO1yIgUvYMA0RVd1_OK3_8HEdKoyxwx9RNLttI3Wuf1PchcahB7JY0no90-RGFcmfMh2LtpN2fZ40tsTEFa73G1gXW5rwOnPEavszLlbh9eyvDZdYsgNEeW-1Y6MZ/s200/pps.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5310818256146084738" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Which of these do we see more often, smiles or tears?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span>Is it a matter of culture or an idiosyncrasy among people to show more smiles than tears?</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span lang="EN-GB"></span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Whatever the rationale governing people’s behaviour, it will not spoil the pleasure I’ve had after seeing my pupils’ tears in class. This sounds sadistic and unbecoming of a teacher, but that was the case.</span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After 23 years of work, I have finally been gratified with tears. They are not grief tears; they are not farewell tears, either.</span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">In any assignment, I always sneak-peek into my pupils’ faces and examine their looks for the deep down impression they have about the test. This time, I saw tears, real tears falling.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 136.15pt; text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“What’s the matter?”I inquired.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.75pt; text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">“It’s the boy”, said the girl. “The boy in the text, the story…”</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.75pt; text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The same answer came from another girl in another row.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.75pt; text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The text was about a little boy who learnt to play music to communicate with his deaf mother. She died that morning, and</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">with his excellent performance he wanted to have a communion with her soul.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.75pt; text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB"><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The empathy the pupils felt with the boy in this story was the best I could expect. It was a genuine feedback, a reaction coming from really living emotionally the situation in the text. It was a delightful moment. How can’t</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">teachers </span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">ponder</span></span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> over it?</span></span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Reading</span></st1:place></st1:city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> can be therapeutic when we engage fully our brains in it. Wasn’t theatre used to help exit people’s bottled-up feelings? Catharsis… that was it. Why don’t we make use of it for pedagogical purposes? Make pupils inventive while helping them pour out their innermost vibes. An inside-out communication, that would be!!!</span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The process will require two things; the first is certainly related to the authenticity of the materials to use. The second should be about the topic itself. The topic should appeal to pupils’ emotions, challenge their opinions and standpoints, push them to respond whether consciously or unconsciously to it.</span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For teachers as well as for book designers, selecting the materials-text, picture, listening script... is the crux of the matter. It is the very factor that will increase or reduce the readers’ interest.</span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">After that rare moment of exaltation I’ve had, credit should be given to those who supply the inexhaustible and ever-renewed resources of the web with genuine stories and case studies. Those resources are appropriate to our class needs as they relate real English and American circumstances.</span></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; "><span><span lang="EN-GB"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Gone is the time when we used to glean information from moth-eaten books and magazines.</span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"> </span></span></span></span></p>Abdelmalek Hadjihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13549783380907708346noreply@blogger.com2