I work in a "quasi-military" high school and I can verify that ignorance is the credo. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Thom010101thom@...
Mar 1, 2003 9:28 am
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rom: robin [mailto:rob_k50@...] sounds to me like the marines are just very rude and ignorant people to be honest, surely it's up to their officers to...
I agree, Paul, that their speech patterns probably come from their profession and their training. I have heard the pattern in movies. There is a quck short...
Janet
jianailin@...
Mar 1, 2003 5:31 pm
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hi all, reminder: everyone is welcome to post. Thank You all for being helpful, *friendly* and thank you for being here! list rules ... 1. *friendliness first*...
teflchina@yahoogroups...
Mar 1, 2003 9:47 pm
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From time to time there are lister questions on how many hours a week is reasonable to work for a F.T. Just for list edification I will share an excerpt from...
Willboots@...
Mar 2, 2003 2:02 am
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The thread having dried up, as promised, here are the examples people sent in of simplified spellings of English. Some went down the road of attempting full...
Pete 'Mr. Pete Marche...
p_ottehcram@...
Mar 2, 2003 11:59 am
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-Thanks Peg, that's a fascinating article. Mike Handford, in stressing the importance of sociocultural competence pushes the input of representational texts...
Paul from Melbourne says: I may be exaggerating a little but I would contend that broadly speaking, people follow particular speech and patterns that have...
Linell Davis
linelldavis@...
Mar 3, 2003 1:16 am
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Pete, Thanks for the report on the attempts at simplified spellilng. Since, as you recognize, it is practical to invent such a system for use by NNS of...
A TEFL conference will be held at the Xi Xi campus of the Zhejiang University in Hangzhou on April 11,12,13. Please go to www.chinatefl.com/conference for...
Stephen Jobson
stejob@...
Mar 3, 2003 11:26 am
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Hi Pete..... One night I did try to give you a serious two sentence reply to your phonetic spell test invite (never sent). After years of being an advocate for...
Willboots@...
Mar 3, 2003 11:27 am
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In a message dated 3/2/2003 6:19:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, ... Ya know Linell you kinda outlined the learned characteristics of Marines and pretty much...
Willboots@...
Mar 3, 2003 11:28 am
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LIST MODERATOR NOTE: Dave brings teaching in in the very last line. However, could people who post on the marine issue to TEACH try to make the teaching...
An interesting news article in light of the recent thread on spelling: from www.news.telegraph.co.uk Girl writes English essay in phone text shorthand By...
Marilyn Olson
mjolson@...
Mar 3, 2003 4:41 pm
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I am looking for information about the TESOL summer course. I have a Chinese friend that wants to take the course, but doesn't know much about what it offers....
Texting, ICQ, chatroom English and email are all developing new registers of English. The 'Hi' greeting I often use in email is not something I'd do in a...
... Who knows, this might just be the Esperanto will yearned for.A universal language with a culture of its own! Now everybody hit me on the head if you will...
at homework
cricriathomework@...
Mar 4, 2003 2:20 am
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Hi, all. Delurking here. I'm John, and am planning on starting teaching in China this coming September. I'm just finishing up my MA at the University of St...
I'm not sure how the spelling got changed in the news article about "texting", but let me send the "texted" message & translation again: The teenager's essay...
Marilyn Olson
mjolson@...
Mar 4, 2003 11:48 am
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Dawn--a particular TESOL summer course, or any one? Leslie Leslie Sirag/R.L."Seth" Watkins 900 Quince St. NE, Olympia, WA 98506 siragwatkins@... ...
Hi everyone, My school has just given me three new classes, all of them with about 180 students. I have never taught this huge of a class before and am...
megan
megantheteacher@...
Mar 4, 2003 11:49 am
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... Ah, yes. That makes a great deal more sense in the context of textspeak (txtspk?). The mix of omitted vowels and non-vocalised letters is very common, but...
Marilyn, If you compare the actual version ... to the one that appeared on this list ... it's clear that the latter went through a spelling checker, which did...
National Unity in Language is putting together a four-week (July) TESOL certificate course for new foreign teachers from abroad, foreign teachers in China, and...
Nelson Bank
natlunla@...
Mar 4, 2003 11:45 pm
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Hi All I have a new website www.englishforall.com.cn that I would very much like you all to peruse and give me your comments at info@... Or ...
With class sizes like this you stand little chance of doing anything very effective. You can teach some pronunciation etc. and get choral responses but there's...
... Looking at a few stories on the fanfic site I judge them to be written by people who are deliberately using Chatroom/ICQ conventions along with other...
Megan--requisition a karaoke machine--the kind that has the written words on the screen, and get them to sing--it's the best way to open a lot of mouths at...
I agree with Dick, there is little you can do that is effective. I have a university class of 54 that I teach Business English. From their coursebooks they...
Now THAT is one helluva an idea! That, and the use of radio, might be the two best ways to improve "productivity"....and ya, I hate that word...but what word...
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