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And the connection to the thread question is...? |
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| #18 (permalink) Tue May 13, 2008 23:52 pm how to teach get |
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| Molly wrote: |
From the "obtain" example you gave, don't you think Lilish might just go into the classroom and teach it?
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You have missed the point. Go back and reread the original post.
Note too that if a teacher explains "get" in terms of "obtain", and in English, the class a) presumably already understands "obtain" b) is not "basic". Thus there is no problem.
If a teacher explains "get" in the students' first language, on the other hand, the question of "obtain" does not arise. Thus again, there is no problem.
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| #19 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 0:06 am how to teach get |
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| Note too that if a teacher explains "get" in terms of "obtain", and in English, the class a) presumably already understands "obtain" b) is not "basic". Thus there is no problem. |
You've been an ESL student, have you? |
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| #20 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 6:12 am how to teach get |
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| Molly wrote: |
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| Note too that if a teacher explains "get" in terms of "obtain", and in English, the class a) presumably already understands "obtain" b) is not "basic". Thus there is no problem. |
You've been an ESL student, have you? |
Neither you nor I have ever been an ESL student, old chap: for one very good reason.
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| #21 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 6:40 am how to teach get |
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| Neither you nor I have ever been an ESL student, old chap: for one very good reason. |
Mr P, I HAVE been an ESL student. I was one for many years. And please stop calling me "old chap". |
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| #22 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 7:19 am how to teach get |
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| MrPedantic wrote: |
Neither you nor I have ever been an ESL student, old chap: for one very good reason.
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Hi, Mr Pedantic
You seem pretty confident in your ways, you're explaining stuff with such vigour and self-assurance, that I have formed an opinion that you're a native speaker.
So, are you a native speaker of English, or are you just trying to pass yourself off as one? |
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| #24 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 8:25 am how to teach get |
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| Funds. |
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| #25 (permalink) Wed May 14, 2008 22:58 pm how to teach get |
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| lost_soul wrote: |
So, are you a native speaker of English, or are you just trying to pass yourself off as one?
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Nicely put. The former.
All the best,
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| #26 (permalink) Thu May 15, 2008 12:38 pm how to teach get |
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Nicely put. The former.
All the best,
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Thanks !
Nice to meet you ! :)
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