{"id":47,"date":"2015-11-15T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/2015\/11\/15\/reading-the-dictionary-out-loud\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T12:59:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T12:59:01","slug":"reading-the-dictionary-out-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/reading-the-dictionary-out-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the dictionary out loud."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span><span>Guten&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>ist mir Freude hier<span>&nbsp;meine Damen<\/span><span>. E<\/span><span>s&nbsp;<\/span>Herren Abend eine zu&nbsp;und&nbsp;sein. That is just a list of German words in a meaningless order. I am&nbsp;<b>hoping<\/b> it doesn&#8217;t mean anything (bad) but using it as a metaphor for the problem of teaching. Simply a list of words or data gives no understanding. When we teach we need to share words being used in language, not simply their existence.&nbsp;<span>&#8220;Guten Abend meine Damen und Herren. E<\/span><span>s ist mir eine Freude hier zu sein. And that is the extent of my German.&#8221;<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/qFza3W87eDg\/0.jpg\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qFza3W87eDg?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: &quot;trebuchet ms&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">The purpose of a presentation is to deliver a message, an idea, a thought, a challenge or call to arms. 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