the subjective classroom
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Benjamin Zephaniah, outspoken word artist
Benjamin Zepahaniah, British Carribean dub poet, actor, recipient of no fewer than 16 honorary doctorates, professor of poetry and creative writing, left us yesterday. Already gone, but his work lives on. He encouraged people to read and he made people listen. Here's one of his poems, Talking Turkeys, ready for use in the Subjective Classroom. Bon appétit!
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Saying it in your own words
To use or not to use ChatGBT : that is the question for a connected world to answer. Here is a report from the Subjective Classroom which looks at precisely this, but in a way that turns the tables on the usual interaction with the AI robot. This report gives you Marvin Gaye, Roman Jakobson and ChatGBT all in the same text. Huh? Yes, that is what you read, and there are more surprises waiting for you. Welcome to intralingual translation in the age of artificial intelligence with "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" as the original soundtrack.
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Smoke Signals in the classroom
Storytelling in the language classroom is a powerful tool. But what happens if nobody wants to listen? Or if, at least, that's how it feels? The problem is often not with the story. It's about the smoke signal you're sending out : people can't see the signal, all they can see is the smoke. Here are some ways to change that.
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We all know stories
We all know stories. But how can they become part of classroom learning? When I first fell into teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in 1981, John Morgan and Mario Rinvolucri were already developing their ideas on the use of storytelling for the language classroom. A chance encounter with Mario Rinvolucri would set me up for a life with storytelling in the classroom. Here's how it happened.
