Panic (ELT unplugged)
by The Bonzo Dogme Band
(to the tune of 'Panic', a very high quality tune by The Smiths, see below)
Panic in the institutions,
panic from the coursebook publishers,
I wonder to myself.
Could we be able to teach this way?
The materials light conversation,
I wonder to myself.
Hopes may rise over dogme,
without paper we'd save trees.
Should we teach bland
with a coursebook in our hand?
But there's panic at the British Council,
Bell, EF, International House
I wonder to myself.
'Tell all the teachers
to burn the blessed coursebook,
because the syllabus they always obey,
it says nothing to me about my life',
said frustrated students.
Does the lesson have to be this way?
The materials light conversation,
the emergent language, facilitation.
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Burn the coursebook, burn the coursebook
Random extra bit
I don't agree or not agree,
it's just a tune that came to me...
love the "extra bit" ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I suppose it's my 'disclaimer'!
ReplyDeleteIt beats my Anarchy in the UK version!
ReplyDeleteCheers! Where's that? Stick the link on here if you want.
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteLOL! I still think we don't have to burn the coursebooks. They are a great help for busy teachers. A roadmap from which you can take any direction you want, adapt it, remix it. I don't know in other context, but here in Brazil, my adult students love to flip through their coursebooks and have all the educational technology to make the perfect match. We can have dogme moments blended with coursebooks in a very meaningful way. Well, I said it! I might be even burned by the dogme guys, but that's the reality in our classrooms for teachers who have 8, 10 groups.
ReplyDeleteHi Carla,
ReplyDeleteI think that's fair enough. For me the principles of dogme can inform how we teach whether there is a coursebook or not. The main problem I have with coursebooks are schools that treat the coursebook as the course rather then as an aid. In fact, I don't even like the word coursebook, because that is what the word suggests. Some schools even name courses after the book, it drives me nuts and supports the idea that some students (though particularly parents) have which is that if the teacher doesn't use every last exercise in the book then they aren't doing their job properly. Annoying!
Anyway, thanks for visiting and commenting!
R