Comments for Ken Carroll http://ken-carroll.com SELF-DIRECTION AND THE NEW LEADERSHIP SKILLS Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:44:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The lexical approach revisited by teaching vocabulary: 5 tips you can't ignore http://ken-carroll.com/2008/09/30/the-lexical-approach-revisited/#comment-15584 teaching vocabulary: 5 tips you can't ignore Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:44:12 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2008/09/30/the-lexical-approach-revisited/#comment-15584 [...] are insights I derived from the work of a man called Michael Lewis, whose ideas on teaching vocabulary and sheer impact on ESL and EFL will only be adequately [...] [...] are insights I derived from the work of a man called Michael Lewis, whose ideas on teaching vocabulary and sheer impact on ESL and EFL will only be adequately [...]

]]> Comment on Linear and non-linear learning by Kirill Kireyev http://ken-carroll.com/2007/12/13/linear-and-non-linear-learning/#comment-15504 Kirill Kireyev Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:57:21 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2007/12/13/linear-and-non-linear-learning/#comment-15504 Thanks for this post! I mentioned it in my blog: <a href="http://instagrok.com/blog/nonlinear-learning/" rel="nofollow">http://instagrok.com/blog/nonlinear-learning/</a> Thanks for this post! I mentioned it in my blog: http://instagrok.com/blog/nonlinear-learning/

]]> Comment on Linear and non-linear learning by instaGrok.com » Blog Archive » Nonlinear Learning http://ken-carroll.com/2007/12/13/linear-and-non-linear-learning/#comment-15503 instaGrok.com » Blog Archive » Nonlinear Learning Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:48:45 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2007/12/13/linear-and-non-linear-learning/#comment-15503 [...] learning, and a few of the top results seemed to speak exactly to this idea. For example, this post: Textbooks, curricula, and our educational system itself are the products of a mechanistic [...] [...] learning, and a few of the top results seemed to speak exactly to this idea. For example, this post: Textbooks, curricula, and our educational system itself are the products of a mechanistic [...]

]]> Comment on What’s happening at the Economist? by Alex MacIntire http://ken-carroll.com/2007/11/23/the-economist-at-its-misguided-worst/#comment-15373 Alex MacIntire Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:46:52 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2007/11/23/the-economist-at-its-misguided-worst/#comment-15373 No, the article was right on. Chinese is a waste of time for most mere mortals. Why do the Chinese need westerners to speak Chinese? There are millions of Chinese who speak English and perfect Mandarin. Chinese is not a language to pick up later in life. You have to learn it very young in order to master the tones. People, like Ken, don't know much about language learning and don't understand the complexity. This is a classic language fad and a large waste of time and effort. Even if you do succeed in speaking Mandarin fairly well, Chinese people will make fun of your accent, etc. This is not a culture that wants to help outsiders learn their language. I would suggest trying German or Czech, and seeing how that goes first before trying Mandarin. You get back to me after you master a much easier language like German, ha ha. No, the article was right on. Chinese is a waste of time for most mere mortals. Why do the Chinese need westerners to speak Chinese? There are millions of Chinese who speak English and perfect Mandarin. Chinese is not a language to pick up later in life. You have to learn it very young in order to master the tones. People, like Ken, don’t know much about language learning and don’t understand the complexity. This is a classic language fad and a large waste of time and effort. Even if you do succeed in speaking Mandarin fairly well, Chinese people will make fun of your accent, etc. This is not a culture that wants to help outsiders learn their language. I would suggest trying German or Czech, and seeing how that goes first before trying Mandarin. You get back to me after you master a much easier language like German, ha ha.

]]> Comment on Linear and non-linear learning by Manifesto for Teaching Online – Aphorism No. 2 – “The possibility of the online version is overstated. The best online courses are born digital.” « Design Futures Archaeology http://ken-carroll.com/2007/12/13/linear-and-non-linear-learning/#comment-15328 Manifesto for Teaching Online – Aphorism No. 2 – “The possibility of the online version is overstated. The best online courses are born digital.” « Design Futures Archaeology Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:08:28 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2007/12/13/linear-and-non-linear-learning/#comment-15328 [...] to consider materials that were available at this time etc. etc. Of course you could turn all this linear sequencing on its head and offer all weeks together, so that the students can access material that would be [...] [...] to consider materials that were available at this time etc. etc. Of course you could turn all this linear sequencing on its head and offer all weeks together, so that the students can access material that would be [...]

]]> Comment on Is ChinesePod setting industry standards? by Jay Cross » Learnscaping http://ken-carroll.com/2008/03/27/is-chinesepod-setting-industry-standards/#comment-15327 Jay Cross » Learnscaping Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:46:47 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2008/03/27/is-chinesepod-setting-industry-standards/#comment-15327 [...] his delightful blog Here Comes Everybody, Ken Carroll talks about whether his amazing ChinesePod is setting learning standards. An integrated learning 2.0 [...] [...] his delightful blog Here Comes Everybody, Ken Carroll talks about whether his amazing ChinesePod is setting learning standards. An integrated learning 2.0 [...]

]]> Comment on The lexical approach revisited by Chia Suan Chong http://ken-carroll.com/2008/09/30/the-lexical-approach-revisited/#comment-15203 Chia Suan Chong Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:19:50 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/2008/09/30/the-lexical-approach-revisited/#comment-15203 Nice post! Good to remind ourselves and revisit the Lexical Approach, alongside the use of corpus data to help us understand the way collocations work. So now for the quiz question...what are the strongest collocates of the following words: Brazen ______ _____ amok ; ) Nice post! Good to remind ourselves and revisit the Lexical Approach, alongside the use of corpus data to help us understand the way collocations work.
So now for the quiz question…what are the strongest collocates of the following words:

Brazen ______
_____ amok

; )

]]> Comment on You and your friends and your monkey minds by Ken Carroll http://ken-carroll.com/2011/09/28/you-and-your-friends-and-your-monkey-minds/#comment-14697 Ken Carroll Fri, 30 Sep 2011 01:55:56 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/?p=743#comment-14697 Thanks, Mark. I've just had a look excellent stuff. I'm very big on the idea that people need far more mental preapration for leadership and just generally for facing some of the unprecedented challenges we face these days. Distraction is certainly one of them. As Im work with olrofessionals I see that very few (if any) of them, know even basic mental strategies. Ken Thanks, Mark. I’ve just had a look excellent stuff.

I’m very big on the idea that people need far more mental preapration for leadership and just generally for facing some of the unprecedented challenges we face these days. Distraction is certainly one of them. As Im work with olrofessionals I see that very few (if any) of them, know even basic mental strategies.

Ken

]]> Comment on You and your friends and your monkey minds by Mark Hurst http://ken-carroll.com/2011/09/28/you-and-your-friends-and-your-monkey-minds/#comment-14694 Mark Hurst Thu, 29 Sep 2011 20:30:20 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/?p=743#comment-14694 Ken - you're right that people need to learn to "manage the monkey mind" but most people have no idea where to start in acquiring those skills. You might take a look at my book "Bit Literacy," which I wrote back in 2007 because I felt distraction was too draining on people even back then! If you have an iPad or iPhone, the book is free in the iBookstore - just search for the title. Or see http://bitliteracy.com. Keep up the good work - -m Ken – you’re right that people need to learn to “manage the monkey mind” but most people have no idea where to start in acquiring those skills. You might take a look at my book “Bit Literacy,” which I wrote back in 2007 because I felt distraction was too draining on people even back then!

If you have an iPad or iPhone, the book is free in the iBookstore – just search for the title. Or see http://bitliteracy.com.

Keep up the good work – -m

]]> Comment on Why we fail by Lisa http://ken-carroll.com/2011/08/26/why-we-fail/#comment-14600 Lisa Wed, 14 Sep 2011 22:03:48 +0000 http://ken-carroll.com/?p=571#comment-14600 Great post! Yes, the key to success in something is to focus on it. Only by focusing on something we can be persistent on doing it and continuous improving it. Great post! Yes, the key to success in something is to focus on it. Only by focusing on something we can be persistent on doing it and continuous improving it.

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