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- 2004-11-02
In response to Don't use the G word !!!!!!!!!!!! (ESL_IN_ASIA)
Interesting points.
In China the students are taught grammar until it is coming out of their ears.
The (private) school I currently teach at concentrates on oral English, because really, Chinese students can be quite bad at it! It is a strange thing really.
I attribute it to the Chinese educational system, which is strongly biased towards exams. As none of these exams are oral, no emphasis is placed on this skill. Hence even the Chinese English teachers often have terrible spoken English.
Messages In This Thread
- The ESL instructor: animal, vegetable, or ... BS artist? -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- don't start a sentence with 'AND' -- q -- 2004-11-02
- Depends on your point of view *Link* -- Stranger Passing By -- 2005-02-03
- Rules are made to be broken. And I'll write any way I like. -- OnceWritten -- 2004-11-11
- q2 "and" -- the observer -- 2004-11-03
- Make sure you observe the classics too -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-03
- The A#al Retentives Guide to the Great-Grammar-Icing on the ESL cake for Dummies.... -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- games, dummies and a#al retentives -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-03
- The complete id##ts guide................ -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- May I.. -- Ferpectly right! -- 2004-11-04
- Good point and good timing :-) -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-04
- Drunk on your own verbosity! -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-04
- Good point and good timing :-) -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-04
- May I.. -- Ferpectly right! -- 2004-11-04
- The complete id##ts guide................ -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- games, dummies and a#al retentives -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-03
- The A#al Retentives Guide to the Great-Grammar-Icing on the ESL cake for Dummies.... -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-03
- EXPOITS! Soooooo #@#!@ many o' dem! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-02
- And... -- Ferpectly right! -- 2004-11-02
- Different horses for different courses! -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-02
- Rules are made to be broken. And I'll write any way I like. -- OnceWritten -- 2004-11-11
- The fat lady threw away the grammar book!!! -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-01
- A fact is a fact ... but, that doesn't make it right! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- Don't use the G word !!!!!!!!!!!! -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-01
- Oral -- Dos -- 2004-11-02
- Ditto in Thailand -- Robert Newman -- 2004-11-02
- ESL pedagogy continues......... -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-01
- Bottoms Up Arrogant One? -- Beatrix -- 2004-11-01
- Oral -- Dos -- 2004-11-02
- Don't use the G word !!!!!!!!!!!! -- ESL_IN_ASIA -- 2004-11-01
- Zitat des tages -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Ich danke Ihnen fr ....??? -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- AO=Austrian dialect -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Look! He's a poet and doesn't know it! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- Das ist ein teil deines problems -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Look! He's a poet and doesn't know it! -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- AO=Austrian dialect -- x21 -- 2004-11-01
- Insightful -- A. -- 2004-11-01
- The BIG picture -- The Arrogant One -- 2004-11-01
- Depends on your point of view *Link* -- Stranger Passing By -- 2005-02-03
- don't start a sentence with 'AND' -- q -- 2004-11-02
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