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Jan 1, 2008 10:33 am
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... There are plenty of "non-standard" British Englishes so we chose one, Southern educated British (not RP by the way). Otherwise we wouldn't know what to...
... There is no standardized version of ... I've said before that this definition does not work. You have to define the people you class as speakers of English...
[Moderator note -- has been noted several times that this discussion is going round and round and getting nowhere. Perhaps as well as getting more and more...
Some think we should avoid idioms when teaching EFL since they are too difficult or too culturally based. Here's an observation on an idiom in use and the...
Hi, everyone, I find it difficult to say some common Chinese teaching terms in English. If anyone can help me out, thank you in advance. 1. Class begins v.s....
Welcome Jonathan, To address your questions" 1. I taught in a key senior middle school in Hangzhou for 2 years. I used the same procedure as the Chinese...
Carole Dailey
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Jan 2, 2008 8:55 am
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... I've used "time for class" in the past, largely because it's what my teachers said when I was a kid (we didn't go through a ritual; it was more to bring...
Good questions, Jonathan! On number 1, "class begins vs. (versus) class begin" , are you addressing the class, as a whole, and asking them to begin? In that...
I agree, Dick. Besides for making for more natural conversation, students are more likely than not going to run into idioms if they have the opportunity to...
Jonathan Zhou asked about Chinese teaching terms in English. 1. We don't have monitors in U.S. schools, nor do we have this type of ritual for starting class...
Jonathan, ... I agree. It would ordinarily be punctuated: Class, begin. As an American, I might say "Let's begin," or "Let's get started." I am in my...
Russ: From The Guardian's education section, the article is called "A very Chinese revolution' and talks about new methodology in Chinese high schools to...
And if they're over-used it can have the opposite effect. I went through a Chinese realtor once who spoke excellent English, but was completely enamored of the...
Carole, Nate,Bruce,Jim,Margaret, Thank you all for responding to my post. Let me tentatively summarise the information I got from your replies. 1. A teacher...
I've steered a little clear of this thread, but I feel Dick has indeed been clear and concise in his concerns here and brought things back to the main...
Jonathan, You might try, "Good Morning Class! Let's Begin." I like to greet my students when I start the class, but not all teachers do. We are much less...
... In most classes I've ever seen we don't start the class by direct lexical statements. We do it by discourse markers, usually one or more of "right", "now"...
Something else crossed my mind here that might be worth considering. In discussing English cross-cultural usage we're not really talking about anything...
Some of you may be interested in this discussion paper. It's just as relevant to all of the major countries with universities peddling their wares in China. ...
... then try to ... bullet to ... And of course they aren't a magic bullet nor are they a key to fluency. Nor, most importantly, are they devices to add colour...
... I think this is not just overuse. "Hook you up" is used mainly for meeting and associating. This is why its principle use is for romantic purposes though...
Jonathan wrote: 1. A teacher can start a class by saying either "Class begins", which sounds more like a Chinese way of addressing the whole class, or "Let's ...
brendan oflaherty
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Jan 2, 2008 9:33 pm
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Take away the idea that this is an 'all or nothing' argument and I think the argument ceases to exist. Looked at from the 'all' position or from the 'nothing'...
Jonathan and others - - As for my comments on beginning class, I acquiesed to the Chinese way because I was in China. My teaching style is so different from...
Carole Dailey
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Jan 2, 2008 9:39 pm
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... Class begins! sounds better, not as dictatorial. No such patter in the U.S. in my experience. Maybe "Good morning, students!" "Good morning, sir!" I...
I guess my impression is that so many responses are being very polite to help encourage Chinese contributors to the list. I think that is great and I do...
Again our country of origin shows up. I find "Freshman, sophomore... " very strange to my ear but I can handle Senior 1,2,3 although this was new to me. In...
For me the point is something which can be expressed, first, by looking at the difference between the words"accept","include", "deny", "exclude" Core Englishes...
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