"mr.sumo snr." <mr_sumo@hotmail.com> wrote in message

>I'm not trying to sound like an academic snob - but the
> English-only notion is rammed home pretty hard on the CELTA/DELTA and MA
in
> TESOL/TEFL courses - well it was ten years ago anyway.

Ten years ago, and in the 70's ? You can't count or what ?
I agree with you that a teacher that is not able to teach his/her language
to Martians without using their klingon should change of job.
But maybe your generation has too much banned L1, in reaction to past (I
hope) horrors.

> A postgraduate qualification in English language instruction would make
>the
> logic clearer.

Or trying to learn with such a method ?

I've learnt basic English mostly with direct methods, the only grammar
book I remember of was the blue Murphy (I feel natsukashi when I see it in
bookstores...maybe I should rebuy it). So the "logic" seems so obvious to
me. And my students rarely question the fact the lesson is done in the new
language, they try one or two lessons and find it natural. Only people in
their 70's and older can't adapt and need Japanese. 

CC