hi all, reminder: eveyone is welcome to post. Thank You to all who do, so helpfully and kindly, and well, and thank *you* for being, erm.. 'here.' list rules,...
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eveinbeijing
Mar 6, 2002 6:57 am
I used the idea of student-teacher contracts on the first day of my university sophomore Oral English class yesterday, and was very pleased with the results....
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Sakura C.
cybersakura@...
Mar 6, 2002 7:46 am
I have a student who says that "hitch-hiking means steal the ideas from others." Now I've never heard this before and I can't find any reference in my...
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bruce clark
artbruce@...
Mar 6, 2002 10:13 am
Sakura C. Meaning of hitch-hiking: Probably one of those damned little electronic dictionaries at the bottom of this. Try : free-loading, piggy-backing as...
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Glenys Wignes
gwignes@...
Mar 7, 2002 8:01 am
To quote my prof at Univ of Illinois -- there may not many truly original ideas because most of us are "hitchers"; rather than "hatchers." Maybe this is what...
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Andy Wang
WANGZX@...
Mar 7, 2002 8:19 am
Dear Colleagues, As a native speaker of English, you may have the experience of misunderstanding a Chinese learner’s English, or being misunderstood by...
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Tony and Betty LEE
leesinchina@...
Mar 7, 2002 8:21 am
... We can only try to be perfect. I started with a freshman oral class for the first time this semester and they certainly are different. First thing I told...
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George Rosecrans
grose00803
Mar 7, 2002 8:22 am
Hitch-Hiking is a method of getting a ride when one has no means of transportation of their own. One would stand along side of the road, and stick out their...
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xavier wang
xaviervwang@...
Mar 7, 2002 8:23 am
Hi there, I'd to ask a grammar question found in a real email to me. The utterance is: "I'm sorry of not replying on time since I was kept busy at that moment...
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john pullen
j_pullen@...
Mar 7, 2002 4:37 pm
I didn't try much hitch-hiking in China, but once I did do it in Hai Nan on the East Coast of the island. I had wanted to go further south and wasn't sure if...
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chas riley
criley@...
Mar 8, 2002 11:52 am
CS, hitch-hiking means steal the ideas from others in a sense sort of like a Remora riding on a Shark and doing nothing to find its own food.Not quite ...
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Katy Miller
katyinchina@...
Mar 8, 2002 11:55 am
This in response to Eve's posting about the contracts (snippet underneath): I'd be really interested to see how this goes, Eve. I never did contracts though I...
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Kari
karida_zahava
Mar 8, 2002 12:01 pm
... Actually 'cabbage' dates back to Elizabethan England. I've seen it in regards to the leftovers from a tailor's shop - the odd bits of scrap fabric that...
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Janet Elfring
jianailin@...
Mar 8, 2002 12:03 pm
I have had the "We want to talk all the time" request from a number of people in various classes over the past two and 1/2 years and I have found that it is...
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Lisa Collett
liseloo10@...
Mar 8, 2002 12:04 pm
Hi, I've just started a teaching post in Chaoyang, GuangDong, the people here are really lovely, and have been really welcoming and the kids are just so cute,...
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Tony and Betty LEE
leesinchina@...
Mar 8, 2002 12:07 pm
Gial wrote off line regarding my bit about correcting miatakes immediately and she is right -- I do not correct every little mistake, and it is not immediately...
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PJMMCD@...
pjmmcd
Mar 8, 2002 12:08 pm
Hi all, Linda and Ping, your magazines are on the way. Bruce, I need more info, the post office just says "mei you" when I try to give them your address. What...
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Stephen Jobson
stephenoz@...
Mar 8, 2002 12:09 pm
For anyone interested in any info on conferences in China I just found this at the British Council website www.britishcouncil.org.cn/english/english/major.htm ...
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eveinbeijing
Mar 8, 2002 12:20 pm
Here are responses by 8 authors: ****************************** Tony and Betty Lee (leesinchina@...) wrote: This is a slight improvement in grammar...
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Tony and Betty LEE
leesinchina@...
Mar 8, 2002 12:22 pm
The most telling - and damming - behaviour of students is that despite all the pep-talks and advice about practicing and improving English, as soon as the bell...
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Roger Chrisman
m2_cn
Mar 8, 2002 7:55 pm
... TEFL-China.net -- WOW! Thanks Stephen! I wasn't aware of TEFL-China.net. They seem to have just recently created their Web presence! Looks like they have...
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LisaBC
lisalbc
Mar 9, 2002 9:49 am
My daughter is having this same problem in Urumqi. She is also new there (about 1 week). Please post your ideas to the list. Thanks. Lisa~...
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Woodson Gannaway
gannawayfamily
Mar 9, 2002 9:58 am
Hi Lisa, Sounds like they've thrown you to the wolves there. Politely but firmly insist on at least one Chinese teacher or teaching assistant to take care of...
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Wendi Allen
wendiallen@...
Mar 9, 2002 10:01 am
Hi Lisa, I teach ages 4 to 11 year olds, with 7 being the median age and the average attendance per class is 6. First, I hope that the 8 classes are divided...
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dk
davkees@...
Mar 10, 2002 1:37 am
Xavier Wang said: "I was kept? stuck in my mind and I was wondering whether it's good English. Could you tell by your intuition as a native speaker ?" A great...
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dk
davkees@...
Mar 11, 2002 2:43 am
Some of us receive our TEFL-China messages into our Outlook Email program via our Yahoo accounts. If you do, Yahoo has made some changes and you will have to...
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Tony and Betty LEE
leesinchina@...
Mar 11, 2002 2:45 am
Wendi Lisa is probably still green with envy at your ideal situation. I think Lisa really does have 42 per class. 8 classes. 336 kids. 336 weekly reports...
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william donnelly
chengdunow@...
Mar 11, 2002 2:46 am
For a Chinese journal, I am writing an article questioning the validity, reliability, fairness and widespread influence of the CET test on teaching...
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xavier wang
xaviervwang@...
Mar 11, 2002 3:31 am
Thanks for Eve and all the eight authors who have given kind responses. This is a great help! I have to clarify that my friend is a Phd of bio-engineering, not...
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eveinbeijing
Mar 11, 2002 4:04 am
... Most of us aren't teaching courses called English Grammar, and our suggestions for improving teaching methods are rarely listened to, and (almost?) never...
