This week, I came across an interesting paper by Martin Sketchley over at ELT Experiences, a blog I often read. The paper was a
dissertation summary that talked about Dogme ELT. I've seen the term
a few times in the last couple months, but I never really looked into
it. Then, I saw the term “teaching unplugged,” which is also the
title of a book on the subject, and I was intrigued.
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I read the paper, and I think I will look into this methodology a little more. I'm interested in the idea of a
teaching methodology that claims to incorporate the best of Communicative
Language Teaching, Task-Based Language Teaching (which I've been
experimenting with lately), and Learner-Based Teaching.
The three tenants of Dogme ELT that
Sketchley sets out in his paper are scaffolding, “materials light”
(a.k.a. no textbooks or unneccesary teaching materials), and
learner-based teaching—all things that I agree with seperately, and
together, they appear to create a very effective team.
I reccomend this paper for anyone who is interested. As someone with little previous knowledge of the topic, I found it to be a nice summary. At the end of the paper, there is a
also a list of suggested reading. I will be checking up on it as soon
as I get some time!
