A few days ago I sent a review of some teaching news sources at the New York Times web site. Unfortunately, the NY Times doesn't have any information specific...
Where would these lists be without: 1. DK (prescient, thought-provoking) 2. Mr. Pete (entertaining, thoughtful, provoking) 3. Chairman Tony (our man of steel,...
Terence Egan
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Jan 1, 2004 8:53 am
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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...
Jan 1, 2004 1:04 pm
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A quick Happy New year and thank you to all the members of the list who are helping to make the Kindersite project such a success, and to everyone else as...
... It has been found that that Chinese used both sides of their brain when using their language more than western native speakers use their languages. This...
This article helps to bring into perspective the issue of exams and teaching for exams. China has been faulted in this regard by foreign teachers as well as...
Dave wrote: ...as we can see, exam orientated education is not limited to China. It's become the new thing in the US as well. ... "High-stakes Testing" has...
We are fascinated at the stories of CET which we have said for some time we doubt we could pass ourselves. What exactly is the GE8 that many of our co-teachers...
TF Eaton
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Jan 3, 2004 7:13 am
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... teaching for exams. China has been faulted in this regard by foreign teachers as well as Chinese teachers. But as we can see, exam orientated education is...
The following is worth a read : Beyond the Chinese Face: Insights from Psychology by Michael Harris Bond (no relation to me) Oxford University Press; 1992 Book...
Hello all Thought I would give you my two cents on this issue of exam oriented teaching. I do think there is a place for examinations in education. The problem...
Linell Davis
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Jan 4, 2004 3:13 am
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I lived four years in St.Petersburg, Russia, and during the soviet years long ago they took these "planned neighborhoods" a step further. They built apartments...
Exam based education is a reality in the US. Just ask anyone who tries to get into Harvard, Yale, MIT or Duke. The US, Canada an many other western countries...
Frank Doonan
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Jan 4, 2004 2:00 pm
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Dave said: It's the same with testing. It sorta makes sense. It would be nice if it worked. But it's fraught with weaknesses. This is the sort of thing that...
OK, we're all on vacation and not wanting to think about work. On the other hand, now that I have a minute to come up for air, I'm ready to tackle the ...
Satina Anziano
satinaa@...
Jan 5, 2004 12:57 am
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Satina On the surface, the solution appears simple: "she" is objective, "her" is possessive. The students have sufficient grammar drilled into them to handle...
'She' and 'her' are the same in Cantonese and I think this is true in Mandarin as well. Both these languages are SVO, like English, but because they have fewer...
Hi Satina, this seems a pretty normal state of affairs I think, probably because of the lack of corresponding differences in Chinese (I'm guessing). I solved...
Russ Taylor
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Jan 5, 2004 10:46 am
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Good reply Dick. One question though regarding the possessive in Chinese. In putonghua I believe it is ususally indicated by the particle "de". Is this...
fshdt <fshdt@...> wrote: 'She' and 'her' are the same in Cantonese and I think this is true in Mandarin as well. They are not the same in Mandarin because...
Sheila Cornelius
sheilacornuk@...
Jan 5, 2004 10:48 am
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Ok folks time for a little clarification. Somewhere back in the thread "she" was called the object pronoun and "her" the possessive. Actually "she" is the...
Mike It's the same setup in Cantonese (Gwongdungwa), but the words sound different. "He" and "she" (and "it") is kui, and the possessive kuidei. Different...
Building on what Satina and others have said they are doing with high beginners and pronoun discrimination: What about giving them some questions and responses...
Mike, You mentioned playing a Who Am I game which sounded like fun - I'm interested in how you structure it - do the students mingle and try to guess each...
Joan Gellatly
joangellatly@...
Jan 5, 2004 6:25 pm
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re;the "traditional approach" - part I from Digest 912. ... A thousand or two years of "Learn the book and start thinking about questions" Confucian education...
nevin@...
Jan 5, 2004 6:26 pm
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Well surely that depends on whether it's her in the possessive sense - 'ta de' or her in the sense of an object pronoun - i gave her the money, in which case ...
Guy Taylor
owltoucan@...
Jan 5, 2004 7:48 pm
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The thread discussing forms of [she] and [her] in Mandarin and Cantonese is officially closed for TEACH onlist discussion unless a post ties it directly back ...
... Thanks, Russ. I think the key word here is 'homework'. I've been teaching these students for a year and a half now, drilling into them on ...
Satina Anziano
satinaa@...
Jan 6, 2004 12:16 pm
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Hi Joan, I first encountered the game at a company party several years ago where each guest in the context of small talk also elicited information from the...
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