Fri Oct 05, 2007 23:09 pm How do you describe a great English teacher? |
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I'm learning English myself. In my school English was taught and I passed through several teachers, but they all sucked - they did not teach me (and I can swear by the name of God not only ne) a thing, because their lessons were BORIIIING (extremely) and I often skipped them The problem was they could not interest me. Phrases like "would you like some coffee" which were taught are so lame - noone uses them (I don't). If teachers tried to teach students (especially young ones, like 10-15 years old) how to flip somebody off for starters, it would arouse their interest in learning English. Why? Because that's the kind of phrases normal children use most of their time. They would immediately fit them into their daily conversations and remember them for sure. Teachers need to show their students that English has nothing to do with a boring grammar book - it is a language spoken by ordinary people, by millionares and by gangsters, just like their own language. In school I could not realize that and I hated my English teacher, because she kept pounding into our heads stupid rules and boring examples that we could not find any application in our chats.
I just want to watch South Park, Simpsons, American Dad, listen to Eminem and 2Pac and understand them, I don't want any high grades on English. _________________ Alex
A native speaker of Russian
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lost_soul I'm a Communicator ;-)

Joined: 15 Sep 2006 Posts: 1693 Location: South Park, Colorado, USA
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Sat Oct 06, 2007 0:41 am How do you describe a great English teacher? |
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You've hit the nail on several heads here, Alex. Good point!
Maggie, your sentence is fine as it stands, not least because you have used your own words. |
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Conchita Language Coach
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