<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799145095123761520</id><updated>2011-04-21T20:58:04.362-07:00</updated><category term='EDUBLOGTALK'/><category term='b4bchallenge'/><title type='text'>English or Mother Tongue?</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>velmacosta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00793096499302861462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_TZv3S_kiPl8/R5k-goKycwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iVf6IpOlgVA/S220/1+(204).jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799145095123761520.post-1479056978934372700</id><published>2008-02-13T15:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T17:11:41.786-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='EDUBLOGTALK'/><title type='text'>Comment on Konrad and Paul Allison</title><content type='html'>Wow!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Can't say anything else... Mind blowing, so much you can do with your students! A way of moving away from traditional teaching methods.&lt;br /&gt;I haven't had a similar experience to Paul and haven't figured out how I would use it in my classes BUT I'm a firm believer that you should never say never...so maybe I'll use it later.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8799145095123761520-1479056978934372700?l=englishmothertongue.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/feeds/1479056978934372700/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8799145095123761520&amp;postID=1479056978934372700&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default/1479056978934372700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default/1479056978934372700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/2008/02/comment-on-konrad-and-paul-allison.html' title='Comment on Konrad and Paul Allison'/><author><name>velmacosta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00793096499302861462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_TZv3S_kiPl8/R5k-goKycwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iVf6IpOlgVA/S220/1+(204).jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799145095123761520.post-7204083763189816152</id><published>2008-02-13T15:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-13T15:38:04.760-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='b4bchallenge'/><title type='text'>5 Things you don't know about me!</title><content type='html'>1st_  I love the outdoors...hate being inside for too long.&lt;br /&gt;2nd_ I used to be a tomboy (until I met my husband).&lt;br /&gt;3rd_ I used to practise motocross...love everyting to do with motorbikes!&lt;br /&gt;4th_ I'm a very patient person...I'm a good listener.&lt;br /&gt;5th_ I'm very stubburn...once I set my mind on something...I don't stop until I've done it/got it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8799145095123761520-7204083763189816152?l=englishmothertongue.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/feeds/7204083763189816152/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8799145095123761520&amp;postID=7204083763189816152&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default/7204083763189816152'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default/7204083763189816152'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/2008/02/5-things-you-dont-know-about-me.html' title='5 Things you don&apos;t know about me!'/><author><name>velmacosta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00793096499302861462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_TZv3S_kiPl8/R5k-goKycwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iVf6IpOlgVA/S220/1+(204).jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8799145095123761520.post-1176351787032759110</id><published>2008-01-24T17:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T07:40:06.947-08:00</updated><title type='text'>English or Mother Tongue?</title><content type='html'>Hello all fellow B4B!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I thought and I thought about my very fiirst blog theme...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then I suddenly remebered that there has always been this doubt among fellow ESL/EFL teachers: whether we use only English throughout our lesson or we &lt;strong&gt;use our students' mother tongue&lt;/strong&gt; to elicit their doubts!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, why not take this learning experience and discuss this important topic with other teachers worldwide...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go ahead, make my day...leave your comment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lotsalekkerluv&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Velma&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8799145095123761520-1176351787032759110?l=englishmothertongue.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/feeds/1176351787032759110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8799145095123761520&amp;postID=1176351787032759110&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default/1176351787032759110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8799145095123761520/posts/default/1176351787032759110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://englishmothertongue.blogspot.com/2008/01/english-or-mother-tongue.html' title='English or Mother Tongue?'/><author><name>velmacosta</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00793096499302861462</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_TZv3S_kiPl8/R5k-goKycwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/iVf6IpOlgVA/S220/1+(204).jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
