tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714045366168902489.post3712245758612072375..comments2024-02-06T07:49:22.830-08:00Comments on Evidence Based EFL: Fantastic Dr. Fox mallingualhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13278408615407649532noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714045366168902489.post-52931791574725601082013-01-17T04:34:04.144-08:002013-01-17T04:34:04.144-08:00hi absolutely!
The whole purpose of academia sh...hi absolutely! <br /><br />The whole purpose of academia should be to question, shouldn't it? Not to just accept what someone says because they're a "big name". mallingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278408615407649532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714045366168902489.post-24996171135860949262013-01-16T09:21:10.187-08:002013-01-16T09:21:10.187-08:00"I think we need to be less afraid to critici..."I think we need to be less afraid to criticise sacred cows"...<br />Yes, I agree and we should encourage our students to critique them too! In-class discussions on referencing conventions have led me to want to slaughter the academic cow and invite my students to grab an axe! <br /><br />Is this jargon and unchallenged 'rules' (referencing systems have that many variations it makes me wonder) just an attempt to lionise those who use it and exclude those who don't. Isn't it some form of academic ostracism, to keep those inferior non-users awe-inspired? There's a great Calvin and Hobbes I like where Calvin reveals that writing can be an intimidating and inpenetrable fog and then exclaims, "Academia, here I come!".<br /><br />I'm sure Freire would have a field day on the power of jargon as a tool of oppression...now where did I put my copy???...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714045366168902489.post-35299150060498923792013-01-07T02:00:21.832-08:002013-01-07T02:00:21.832-08:00Thanks for your comment eltstew! Hope I can write...Thanks for your comment eltstew! Hope I can write some stuff you'll enjoy this year too. mallingualhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13278408615407649532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714045366168902489.post-52722459987849531192013-01-02T23:01:22.983-08:002013-01-02T23:01:22.983-08:00Great post and hilarious experiments. Just found ...Great post and hilarious experiments. Just found your blog today through @michaelegriffin and have been working my way through the last year or so. <br /><br />Would have loved to have seen your aborted conference talk!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com