Who is your favourite moderator/language coach?

[Torsten]

It's been quite a while since I have officially expressed my gratitude to all our native speaking forum moderators and language coaches. You are the people who make it possible for our community to live, learn and grow. So, a big thank you goes to Alan, Kitosdad, Mister Micawber, Beeesneees and Mordant.

You have been editing countless essays (especially Bill aka Kitosdad), answering tens of thousands of grammar questions, explaining a myriad of language concepts and encouraging us to keep on learning your native language. You are our heroes!

I know this survey might be a tough one since everyone of us has only one vote to cast. That's why you can also write what you think about every moderator/coach in particular.

So, it would be great if you could vote for 'your favourite moderator'.

Thank you very much!
Torstne

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Hi Torsten ,

At the first , I'll be frank , I'm used to call a spade a spade

Excuse me , I can't vote for any one because it will be unfair to choose between them due to their equivalent skill and speed response .

But let me mention some of their activities here in the forum .

Alan : you can find him most of time here on the forum and he doesn't hesitate to answer the unanswered question , also we can't forget his lessons and stories here we shall consider him the main founder for most of our site educational materials .

Kitosdad : Not less important than Alan and I think no one can offset his position here on the forum . He has much on "Listening, speaking, pronunciation and accent training " and " What do you want to talk about?" .

Beeesneees : She is a very good example for the active moderator for his sections on the forum , She gently apply the forum rules and she has Fluent treatment of members .

Finally ,Mister Micawber & Mordant , I didn't notice any activity of them .

Accept my greetings and thanks for your efforts .

Abdo

[Kitosdad]

Good evening Torsten. Perhaps I shouldn't be making a comment on this poll, but I feel that I must say how impressed I have been by the dedication and level-headedness of Beesnees (Beverley) over these passed weeks, especially her coolness when under pressure from BS and our new nuisance.
Her patience is her greatest virtue.
Her proficiency as a teacher shines through her many posts.
Guess who I voted for.
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[Beeesneees]

Well, I returned the favour, Kitos, because I love the way your own love of writing encourages others. It encourages them to write for themselves and to record what you have written, which helps their pronunciation, phrasing and understanding.
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[Bagheera]

Hi,
My favourite moderator is BEEESNEEES. (Oh I found out today that her name is Beverly, nice name Bee) She is always very nice and ready to give a helping hand. Her help is quick and answers are clear. Bee must be a very clever and resourceful teacher - I admire her skill and knowledge.

Besides, I take my hat off to all the peolple who contribute to this fascinating site. Being a teacher myself I'm aware of all challanges teachers face, so I appreciate all you do for the learners. In my viewpoint all people who work on the site deserve to be praised and respected. So, dear teachers, I wish you all the best !!!
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[Mixmixi]

Hi Torsten,

To me it was Bill who helped me to improve. He is a nice and calm person and tries to help people by encouraging and patient. Surely, there are lots of people on the forum who benefits from his advices. I am glad that I am one of his pupils and I will be always thankful of what he did for me. :-) Thank you Torsten for making this post.

Mixmixi
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[Richard]

Hi Torsten,
This is just my own personal opinion:

Torsten = has a really good sense of humor,...a good manager.
Alan = kind, a great writer, head teacher
Kitosdad = really patient, dashing, cheerleader, teacher, and friend.
Mister Micawber = an expert, sometimes not patient, helpful, frank
Beeesneees = born teacher, sometimes argumentative, hard working, I don’t like her avatar, likable (new moderator)
Mordant = I know nothing about Mordant. (new moderator)
Slava = a warm and caring man (programmer)
Yankee = knowledgeable about American English. (old moderator, previously)

I vote for the one who has selected these moderators and Language coaches.(The indisputable fact is that this is a great team. I am a member of some other English learning websites too but I often prefer to use this one.)
I was wondering why we cannot vote for you Torsten.
So, I will vote for Bill.
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[Beeesneees]

[Shanthisethuraman]

Dear Sir
Alan: Alan is my favourate coach. He is outstanding of all others. Of course
his essays and stories will be little bit tough to understand, he is clearing
all our doubts then and there. In shortly say he is my guru.

Kito sdad: I don't know much about him, but I have read his messages in the forum.

Mister Micarber: He is also helping learners by giving explanation to our doubts.

Beesnees: She is master of clearing doubts in Listening Exercises.

Thank you

S.Shanthi
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[Linaseattle]

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Oh no! What for? Encouragement or whether you want to know your goal has been achieved? There are two types of evaluation, process evaluation and outcome evaluation, which one is your goal Mr. Torsten? Each of them requires different questions and methods in order to gain validity and reliability as a useful measurement feedback. What are the excluding criteria and the including criteria? Can the bran new members make a vote? If so, will you value the brand new members with the same score as old-active members who know exactly what was going on in the forum? How will you value the voting so far? Is higher frequency indicating higher quality? Would you prefer the favorite one than the qualified coach?
And wonder of wonders, why don't you put yourself into the poll, are you going to resign and then the most favorite coach/moderator will take place?
That's only some of the questions spinning around and around me. By the way, take it easy please. I do apologize if I have done any mistakes or misposted it somehow. Please advice. Many thanks. Lina
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[Beeesneees]

Hi Lina,
Please relax. I don't think Torsten is planning to leave and I don't believe the voting will be used to indicate any preferences within the forum. I think it might just have been a intended as a little fun and a little interesting to add to Torsten's post of gratitude to everyone.

It was a very well-reasoned plea though, and a perfect opportunity for speaking. Most admirable!
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[SkiIucK]

Hello.

[Kitosdad]

Hello Ski. Just passing through, or sticking around for a while? I hope you are doing well.

itos.
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[SkiIucK]

Hello, Bill! I hope you and the rest of the community are doing well, too. I've never left the place, just have had nothing to add or write. :)

Take care

[Torsten]

Hi everyone, thanks a lot for all your interesting comments and questions on this topic. It goes without saying that every single member of our community is equally important no matter how many messages they might post to the forum. Let's say there is a Vietnamese user called Tran. Now, Tran himself never posts any single message for quite a couple of weeks but he does read a lot of the ongoing discussions. Now, if Tran sends an email to 30 of his friends informing them about our forum it's very likely that a few of his friends are going to take an active part in our conversations.

So what exactly has that to do with the current survey? What I wanted to do is raise awareness of the structure of our community. We call our moderators 'Language Coaches'. A language coach is a native speaker who answers questions from learners of English. Since I am a learner of English too I didn't include myself in this survey. Our forum is for people who want to learn English. Now imagine what our forum would be like if there were no native speakers of English. It's quite possible that in this case we would all would end up learning a completely new language instead of English.

Alan, Bill, Charles, Bev and Mordant are the native speakers who answer most of the language questions on our site. Every answer they post generates several new questions from our learners. Every new question from our learners is read by several other learners.

I agree that the question 'Who is your favourite moderator' might be a bit provocative and even difficult to answer since every of our moderators has their own style and set of strengths. Bev is right in saying that we should view our community as a whole and our moderator team as a group rather than as individuals. But since the survey is anonymous and the forum allows you to post additional thoughts we can as well let it run and see how the poll develops. At any rate we can use this thread to share ideas on how to build and shape our community.

Please let me know what you think.
Many thanks,
Torsten

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