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P is for Poverty of the stimulus | An A-Z of ELT
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An A-Z of ELT. Scott Thornbury's blog. P is for Poverty of the stimulus. The case for humans being innately and uniquely endowed with a ‘language instinct’ rests largely on the ‘poverty of the stimulus’ argument, or what is sometimes called ‘Plato’s problem’:. How do we know so much when the evidence available to us is so meagre? As Harris (1993: 57-8) elaborates:. Is this really true? Is the stimulus really so impoverished? 1977, cited in Sampson 2005). In one study ‘only one utterance out of ...Chomsky...
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Performativity: how measurement, evidence-gathering and accountability are wrecking education | The Steve Brown Blog
https://stevebrown70.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/performativity-how-measurement-evidence-gathering-and-accountability-are-wrecking-education
The Steve Brown Blog. Occasional musings and rants, mostly about English teaching. English Language Teaching Issues. Performativity: how measurement, evidence-gathering and accountability are wrecking education. August 4, 2015. I imagine you are familiar with the terms evidence-based reporting and accountability . Both of these concepts seem perfectly reasonable, don’t they? I mean, the idea of gathering evidence to draw conclusions or learn more about something is fundamental to the scientific method.
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The PPP saga ends – Jason Anderson – Teacher, teacher educator and author
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Jason Anderson – Teacher, teacher educator and author. The PPP saga ends. Having become known as ‘Mr PPP’ to some of my acquaintances, it is with mixed emotions that I finally conclude my work on this paradigm. I was never the world’s biggest fan, but given the shared mythology that has been disseminated within the TEFL community on PPP, I felt the research warranted, and it was. A Potted History of PPP with the Help of ELT Journal. Due in print 2017). August 6, 2016. August 6, 2016. Thanks Jason. So...