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Alan Coady

Tuesday 03 October 2006

I have always thought it essential to keep in tune with the beginner’s mind experienced by our pupils. This is not straightforward. Although I can claim to know what they are going through, I can’t truly feel it. I need another field in which to experience not being in control of the speed of things or being unable to see the underlying structure of the subject. A reminder of the unrest that such feelings can cause is not readily available to me on an instrument I have played for 35 years.

So, I have decided to try and learn to speak Polish. I know nothing of Slavic languages and so the beginner's mind element should be present. It may also prove helpful one day as well as being an enjoyable challenge.

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Polish Teacher

Alan

Sunday 22 October 2006

Hi Janet

I have just begun tuition with a teacher who is both Polish and a qualified teacher of the language. Rather than give out her details in a public forum, can
I ask you to email me on alan@coady0.fsnet.co.uk and I'll forward you the details. In the meantime, here are a few websites worth exploring.

http://golem.umcs.lublin.pl/users/ppikuta/lessons/infor0.htm

http://onestoppolish.com/useful_polish_phrases.htm

http://www.polish-dictionary.com/

http://www.meetpoland.com/

http://home.unilang.org/main/forum/viewtopic.php?t=566

Best wishes.

Do widzenia.

Alan

Contact for learning Polish

Janet Storey

Saturday 14 October 2006

I am trying to find someone to teach me Polish. Do you have any contacts?

Another field?

David

Monday 09 October 2006

IT is another rich source for anyone wanting to be unable to see the underlying structure of a subject. I've been working with this kind of thing today, for example:

RewriteRule ^(.*)?/?files/(.*) wp-content/blogs.php?file=$2 [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule . - [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(wp-.*) $2 [L]
RewriteRule ^([_0-9a-zA-Z-]+/)?(.*\.php)$ $2 [L]
RewriteRule . index.php [L]

One of the gurus of sense-making, Karl Weick, uses the term "cosmology episode" to describe a more extreme situation:
"Basically, a cosmology episode happens when people suddenly feel that the universe is no longer a rational, orderly system. What makes such an episode so shattering is that people suffer from the event and, at the same time, lose the means to recover from it. In this sense, a cosmology episode is the opposite of a déjà vu experience.In moments of déjà vu, everything suddenly feels familiar, recognizable. By contrast, in a cosmology episode, everything seems strange. A person feels like he has never been here before, has no idea of where he is, and has no idea who can help him. An inevitable state of panic ensues, and the individual becomes more and more anxious until he finds it almost impossible to make sense of what is happening to him."
http://www.elearningpost.com/blog/interesting_terms_sensemaking_and_cosmology_episode/

Maybe there are parallels with the situation of a new learner jumping in the deep end?

Polish

Ollie Bray

Wednesday 04 October 2006

Sounds interesting Alan - with our new Polish students this could be very useful!

Polish?

A

Wednesday 04 October 2006

This is 'Double Dutch' not Polish....sorry!
Jak zyczyc ogolnie szczescia (with imaginary accents).

Learning Polish

Ann

Wednesday 04 October 2006

Jak życzyć ogólnie szczęścia

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