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><channel><title>The Round</title> <atom:link href="http://the-round.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://the-round.com</link> <description>Great for educators, fair for authors</description> <lastBuildDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:52:32 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>idle Friday &#8211; a new round experiment!</title><link>http://the-round.com/2012/05/idle-friday-a-new-round-experiment/</link> <comments>http://the-round.com/2012/05/idle-friday-a-new-round-experiment/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 11:04:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Lindsay</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=813</guid> <description><![CDATA[Well it&#8217;s a busy time at the round. The proposals are coming in and books are in various stages of being written, edited or designed. But we wanted to keep things active in a fun way. We&#8217;ve decided to try &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=785</guid> <description><![CDATA[I will confess that there was a moment on the first morning of Iatefl 2012, as we negotiated the roads below the M8 motorway and at least one driver appeared unconcerned by the prospect of running us over, when we &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=776</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8216;What students need is words.&#8217; This phrase of Jimmie Hill&#8217;s made a big impact on me as a young teacher in a workshop 20 years ago, and is a neat summary of the shift in emphasis from grammar rules to &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?post_type=labs&#038;p=778</guid> <description><![CDATA[Unconvinced by the pervasive slot and filler model for language instruction, in which grammar is separated from vocabulary and exploited for generalisable rules, George Woolard took a &#8216;method acting&#8217; approach to his research &#8211; he decided to learn Spanish. The &#8230; <a
href="http://the-round.com/labs/messaging-beyond-a-lexical-approach/">Continue reading <span
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=765</guid> <description><![CDATA[Next week the big international get-together of English teachers that is IATEFL kicks off in Glasgow, and the round is going to be there! Lindsay and Luke will be giving a presentation about the project and our first ebook, 52. &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=763</guid> <description><![CDATA[Have a question for us at the round? Want to know more? Drop us a line!]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://the-round.com/2012/03/763/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title></title><link>http://the-round.com/2012/03/762/</link> <comments>http://the-round.com/2012/03/762/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:40:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark Bain</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=762</guid> <description><![CDATA[The labs section of the round is still under construction. When we finish it, it will be here. Labs is where new projects will be hatched, trialled and talked about. At the round we don’t want to be shrouded in &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=761</guid> <description><![CDATA[A lot of people have said they really approve of this idea and want to support what we are trying to achieve. Do you want to join the friends of the round? Here are 5 ways: Like us on Facebook &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?p=753</guid> <description><![CDATA[Work is continuing at a breakneck pace, and we are extremely happy to welcome the latest addition to the round: none other than Scott Thornbury! Scott is putting together an ebook based on his excellent blog An A to Z &#8230; <a
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isPermaLink="false">http://the-round.com/?post_type=labs&#038;p=746</guid> <description><![CDATA[Blogs are a wonderful addition to the range of personal development resources at our disposal, exposing us to the reflections of new writers, the latest ideas of established authors and &#8211; crucially &#8211; giving us the chance to get involved. &#8230; <a
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