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Beelzebub - 2013-05-07
In response to Re: On teaching slang (Dragonized)

It is interesting to teach slang, but only if the students are very very good at what they know and can understand you fully. I think for me teaching something like this will only lead to more and more words I have to explain to my students until the whole point of teaching slang which is to induce a fun atmosphere gets lost in translation. We can all save the slang for good times in the evening when we get together with other foreign teachers. If you do choose to work in the ESL field you will get a chance to learn how fun the English language really is.

I detest slang English but colloquial English is a bit different. "get a brew on, mate" is colloquial and characteristic speech; whereas 'kick ass'-brown nosing and the like is abominable slang. Anyway, I haven't noticed any faults with your English, Dragonised, so I imagine that you are a good teacher. The golden rule is not to teach unwholesome English- never ever ever teach swear words- you end up selling your soul to the devil in order to appear cool. Not that I'm religious mind.

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Re: On teaching slang -- Dragonized -- 2013-05-07
Re: On teaching slang -- Beelzebub -- 2013-05-07
Re: On teaching slang -- Dragonized -- 2013-05-08
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