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Ditto in Thailand
The system is pretty much the same in Thailand. Students are given English grammar lessons from grade 1 up to leaving university. The average Thai grade 10 student will run rings round the average western English teacher here when it comes to knowledge about English grammar. Unfortunately they can't speak the language to save their lives The only Thai students that can communicate effectively are those that have had years of exposure to a decent English teacher that helps the students to THINK about what they are learning, instead of regurgitating the same old tired lines from a book.
Having taught here for twelve years, one of the funniest things that I ever heard was one of my weakest students in a business English class told me she was stopping learning. When I asked her why, she told me she was going to become a teacher back in her home village. I asked her what subject. English. Sh could barely put three words together in the language, but was going to teach it. After all she graduated university with a BA in English language.
Good here in' it?
Robert
- 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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