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Hello Joe,

Looking forward to the session. Here are my pre-reflections:

1. I’m embarrassed to admit that I haven’t made it beyond using my phone/laptop etc to play audio/video files for Ss to listen and react to. Usually these are authentic texts, and occasionally they are actually produced by me.

2. Based on (1) above, I suppose I don’t have much to offer here! I’m fortunate in working with adult learners from a range of cultural backgrounds who are generally very motivated and very engaged and interested in each other and me. As a result, I get away with generating excuses for them to interact with each other and me — almost invariably synchronously. I enjoy making use of our natural inclination towards narrative to carry out live listening activities which incorporate input from students to produce a kind of collaborative text.

3. I’m not sure, as the organisation I work for decided not to shift online during the pandemic, and the Ss I work with only tend to attend classes for between a week and a 6 months.

Thanks,

Warren

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