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artemisia
Joined: 04 Nov 2008 Posts: 875 Location: the world
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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Hee, hee. Graded peeves, eh?
Very well, here's another. Relieving teachers who nod irritatedly that yes, they know that book, those materials etc., and then feel the need to give you a rundown on how long they've been teaching (relieving?) and how experienced they are (all because you asked if they're familiar with a particular book). Then you try and outline a few things that need to be concentrated on and get constant interruptions of 'Yes, yes, yes, I know'.
I could accept this more graciously if I didn't pretty much always have to redo what they've (not) done. |
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nomad soul
Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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I'm tired of those posters who ask the same question---usually about pay/how to get a job in X country---throughout the various job discussion forums. Keep it in one region! Better yet, take advantage of the search function first! (Whew! Good to get that off my chest.) |
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Insubordination
Joined: 07 Nov 2007 Posts: 394 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:22 am Post subject: |
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Students who ask, "How long will it take to learn English?" I usually say 686 days, just to watch their reaction. |
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ancient_dweller
Joined: 12 Aug 2010 Posts: 415 Location: Woodland Bench
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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Students who ask, "How long will it take to learn English?" I usually say 686 days, just to watch their reaction. |
Will definitely use that one.
btw, do they usually ask this question in English? |
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illeanasky
Joined: 05 Jan 2010 Posts: 19 Location: In your head
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 8:53 pm Post subject: |
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I like to give my students "real time" English so I usually take them shopping or to a restaurant (with the parent's approval).
In the restaurant the students will ask me, "teacher where is my order??"" I reply: I don't work here, so ask the man.
Or some students will ask me how they should eat their hamburger?? I tell themto bend their elbows and open their mouths. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2011 10:22 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Insubordination,
You might want to make it 686 days, 6 hours, 47 minutes and 34 seconds - just to gild the lily
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John |
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spiral78
Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Very well, here's another. Relieving teachers who nod irritatedly that yes, they know that book, those materials etc., and then feel the need to give you a rundown on how long they've been teaching (relieving?) and how experienced they are (all because you asked if they're familiar with a particular book). Then you try and outline a few things that need to be concentrated on and get constant interruptions of 'Yes, yes, yes, I know'.
I could accept this more graciously if I didn't pretty much always have to redo what they've (not) done. |
I'm team-teaching (this week only, thankfully) with a 'senior' teacher who has achieved that high status solely through seniority (not qualifications). The hash he made of my materials, which was a lesson on enriched descriptions the students had been looking forward to was really sad. He somehow managed to turn a lesson that was designed for the students to produce two different types of descriptions into a reading lesson in which every single new word was defined at length and written out on the board (by him). Students felt overwhelmed by vocab and unable to apply any of it to their own texts (which there was no time left to produce anyway).
Sigh. |
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2011 3:37 pm Post subject: |
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My pet peeve is Spanish nationals who teach English. I don�t like being contradicted by these people. If you know the sex of your pet then you CAN use he or she when referring to it. It is NOT obligatory to answer a why question with because. On a Monday you tell your teacher I SAW a good film at the weekend, NOT I have seen a good film. The expression GET HET UP does exist in English and HAVE GOT is acceptable.
Do native speakers face the same problem in other countries? I don�t remember it annoying me in the Gulf. |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 9:14 am Post subject: |
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That's a serious peeve. Bonus points awarded. |
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:47 pm Post subject: |
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Dear sheikh,
"On a Monday you tell your teacher I SAW a good film at the weekend . . ."
No, no, sheikh - you saw a good film ON the weekend.
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John |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Johnslat
That would be 'movie' to you!
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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Sasha,
Actually, it would be "flick" (as in "chick flick.")
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John |
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Sashadroogie
Joined: 17 Apr 2007 Posts: 11061 Location: Moskva, The Workers' Paradise
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Dear Johnslat
Yes, but I think the 'the flicks' is a UK colloquialism, is it not?
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lydia.bainbridge
Joined: 19 Jun 2011 Posts: 33
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 2:25 pm Post subject: Pet Peeves |
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What I found written on the board by a Rwandese Englsih teacher to illustrate past perfect progressive, passive voice (which of course we all use abundantly):
He had been reading the book.
The book had been being read by him.
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sheikh radlinrol
Joined: 30 Jan 2007 Posts: 1222 Location: Spain
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Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: Pet Peeves |
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lydia.bainbridge wrote: |
What I found written on the board by a Rwandese Englsih teacher to illustrate past perfect progressive, passive voice (which of course we all use abundantly):
He had been reading the book.
The book had been being read by him.
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Lydia, You say that every day, don�t you? Here in Spain, some students were asked, in an exam, to change �I ate my breakfast�� to �My breakfast was eaten by me� Mr Slat can say what he likes about at the weekend but my Spanish students always prefer the real (UK) version. �Los norteamericanos speak bad, no?� I tell them that Obama speaks nice English. |
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