Hi All, Thank You for being here! LIST RULES ... 1. *Friendliness first* - this is a public forum, avoid attacking - emails sting so easily. be kindly and...
TEFLChina@yahoogroups...
Dec 1, 2005 9:06 am
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Paul, Regarding your post of "Student Centred Learning", many people still argue whether this concept can really be applied to teaching big-sized classes in...
zhouzhengli
zhouzhengli1@...
Dec 1, 2005 9:02 pm
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... And Mert Bland <Mert_Bland @ yahoo.com> adds: And grammar is in a constant state of evolution. There's a TV show in the States about space travel in the...
Merton Bland
mert_bland@...
Dec 1, 2005 9:03 pm
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Hi Elizabeth, Have a look at www.jimmybrunelle.com - it is a page of one act plays for high schools but it provides a lot of ideas for adapting to the local...
... many people still argue whether this concept can really be applied to teaching big-sized classes in China. ... often, those teachers or schools that adopt...
... Dear Elizabeth: Try this...TBL (task based learning/presentation)). Take four kids and their assignment is to sell (advertise / present an idea) a product...
Zhengli - Good observation. This description has been the same result in many educational reforms attempted world over not just in China. But because...
How many of you have embarked on this semi-annual nightmare already? I have battled the administrative side twice & honed my procedure but find the students...
Vicki Steven
vicki_steven2005@...
Dec 2, 2005 6:32 pm
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I have done a little study on the "aren't I?" question. (Examples below.) At first I was tempted to agree that the experts disagree. However on closer look it...
... From: "Merton Bland" <mert_bland@...> ... I do not think this is yet a general rule though. It seems to have become an idiom as it really stresses...
Stephanie Noke
araxy@...
Dec 2, 2005 6:33 pm
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"All this sounds reasonable. But in reality, all too often, those teachers or schools that adopt this teaching methodology will find they are in a Catch-22...
My suggestion would be to adapt a childrens story like the 3 little pigs or something similar. The truth is that with only 2 weeks to do this your student is...
... Students are wild and out of control in class; teachers can not finish their syllabus; most students will fail their examinations; parents are...
Ria Smit
tryria@...
Dec 2, 2005 6:38 pm
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Hello again, ... My student is smart, and I think old enough to deal with the fact the question appears to have no perfect answer. I'll tell him everything we...
Julian Suddaby
juliansuddaby@...
Dec 2, 2005 6:44 pm
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I'd give them a failing grade and where possible get the resulting oral production or written document to demonstrate why. Make an audio tape of your testing...
yo - a good suggestion Peter,I seen this used in my school in Zhuhai.The students made some simple props,some bogus costumes,the dialog from the story and...
davekees <davekees@...> wrote: I have done a little study on the "aren't I?" question. Yo - Dave,it seems to me,in my part of the u.s.at least,ain't is...
"Too often we are not on the same page in these discussions. I teach businessmen and managers in companies. Do you mean they get too wild, out of control, etc?...
Wenphey
wenphey@...
Dec 3, 2005 12:52 pm
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"What are the advantages (and/or disadvantages) of the two-tense system as compared with the traditional categorization such as the 16-tense system?" This is a...
Wenphey
wenphey@...
Dec 3, 2005 12:55 pm
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"Now children, repeat after me, 'I'm going too, ain't I?'" "Ain't" may be commonly used in many parts of America. The real question is if it will someday...
John Pullen: "I'd give them a failing grade and where possible get the resulting oral production or written document to demonstrate why. Make an audio tape of...
... Hi Vicky: Welcome to Chinese students and you have to understand why. They grow up not having any play time. “Yeh, I’m at a university and Mama is not...
Sometimes list posters mention failing students "buying" grades i.e. the students pay a fee and get a grade. There may be some misunderstanding. Here is some...
Quoting Vicki Steven > Struggling with a class that couldn't cope with the first question - "What is your name?" - they have never attended my class before -...
Surely language IS illogical? Indeed, in considering grammar there's something very strange going on that there should be very much consistency at all. No one...
You should probably give what you think are proper grades and let the school adjust as it wants without your permission. From what you have written it seems...
I remember that I read a sentence in Notre Dame de Paris (English version) by Quasimodo: "I am ugly, ain't I?" IS there any other works of English literature...
Wenphey
wenphey@...
Dec 3, 2005 3:19 pm
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There seems to be some sort of assumption that the education system is thoroughly corrupt in China. I am not familiar with a vast number of schools. I know ...
"Dave, Do your businessman and manager student perform actively enough or keep quiet enough in your class, I am wondering?" Of course, if I were to lecture...
Personally, I think the "rules" of grammar should derive from the living language, rather than, having inherited an obtuse set of rules, trying to make our ...
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