tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post3469747655171813516..comments2024-03-28T13:37:59.030+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: ListenYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-62661675737089136992013-03-28T04:05:51.743+00:002013-03-28T04:05:51.743+00:00I can see how the book would be very valuable. Ir...I can see how the book would be very valuable. Ironically, I was also raised in a country half a world away from the country around which all our school texts and reading were oriented...<br />Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12453125929159161583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33465235396102963892013-03-12T13:45:51.782+00:002013-03-12T13:45:51.782+00:00I love mucking about with the nuances of language....I love mucking about with the nuances of language.<br /><br />I would be the 'Little Johnny' of your class.<br /><br />Had Teacher asked me to cite an example, I would have come up with:<br /><br />In Portuguese, battery is Pilha.<br /><br />Willie is Pila.<br /><br />Not much difference in pronunciation.<br /><br />Knowing that most people are naturally sympathetic to foreigners at least trying to speak their language, it was hilarious going into a shop and, with a straight face, asking the prettiest female attendant for a big willie.Hippohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09468795398813061897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-8372491169988009042013-03-11T21:46:01.806+00:002013-03-11T21:46:01.806+00:00Nicely put YpNicely put YpJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-80863725937621269412013-03-11T10:14:55.948+00:002013-03-11T10:14:55.948+00:00LIBBY Of course we have to be sensitive but within...LIBBY Of course we have to be sensitive but within any one class there will be ranges of English capacity and understanding. No two children are the same. Even in England some of our language will go over the heads of native speakers. I speak clearly. I give the pupils chance to question me about vocabulary. Most of the children in that particular class will go on to tackle the English as a FIRST language exam in Year 11. Mistakes in teaching are bound to happen but if you are wise, experienced and sensitive to the "bunch" of young people in front of you you will hit the right spot more often than not.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-16430181817638295152013-03-11T09:21:45.529+00:002013-03-11T09:21:45.529+00:00What an enticing opening to a book....I could almo...What an enticing opening to a book....I could almost feel the heat.<br />Just as a curious note YP....would you use the word 'bunch' to describe a group of kids, when teaching your Thai class? it is what we all say of course but it struck me that teaching people who do not have English as their first language must be awfully hard sometimes.libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05552884005601003691noreply@blogger.com