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- Tue Sep 14, 2010 9:13 am
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: List of great web activities & games
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- Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:55 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Double Copula
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9899
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:02 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Double Copula
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9899
If it refers to what Mr.Pedantic says then it doesn't seem very remarkable (or "controversial"). Perhaps if you made a very strong emphasis of any kind of common phrase at the start of a stretch of spoken English, it would sound natural to repeat some of it in a more measured tone (if it connected f...
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 10:53 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: another prepositions post
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8414
- Tue Nov 13, 2007 6:27 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Double Copula
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9899
Double Copula
There are not many English "grammar controversies" currently listed on Wikipedia, but the following is one of them. It has passed me by - did somebody enter this as a joke :?: The double copula, also known as the double is, is the usage in the English language of two successive copulas when only one...
- Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:04 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: another prepositions post
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8414
I suppose it is interesting in a way, but is it really worth worrying about it? I mean, if you looked at a number of languages then you would get a range of prepositions meaning vaguely similar things doing varying jobs, and they even vary within English over time and dialect e.g "think on that" etc...
- Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:26 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: The clownfish is no happier...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 113056
Actually "far from being a" was a better explanation - as you could say "He is no criminal". Perhaps I should quit while I'm ahead, but it did strike me that perhaps the negation might be conceived to be on something invisible. A sentence like "She is no amount prettier than Lucy" strikes me as some...
- Thu Nov 08, 2007 11:18 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: The clownfish is no happier...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 113056
Lucy: Not + comparative adjective would generally emphasize equal or less than No + comparative adjective also suggests an expectation is not met. No + noun could be just "There are no cups on the table", so you have to be careful of the exact environment. However in the kind of sentences we have me...
- Wed Nov 07, 2007 11:09 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: The clownfish is no happier...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 113056
- Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:42 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: A long overdue apology.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3727
- Wed Nov 07, 2007 1:33 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Grand stategy for teaching listening
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20178
Thanks for the link Sally :D Actually, it makes me wonder a similar thing. Like a lot of posters in that conversation, I think TTT has its place, I think the teacher-as-model has his/her place. What on earth would I say, therefore, if I had an interview to be a CELTA trainer, or something of the sor...
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:41 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: The clownfish is no happier...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 113056
I meant to say "comparative adjective" not verb :oops: I don't understand the answer to the question you didn't understand, Stephen. A is no prettier than B / A is not prettier than B "prettier (than B)" is clearly negated in either case. The reason for a semantic difference lies in idiomatic usage ...
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 11:26 pm
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Grand stategy for teaching listening
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20178
I agree with almost everything here, there are some very good new ideas, and I already use texts beforehand, try to use simple material, and contextualize as much as possible. The trouble is that I think that people working for universities, in general, believe this sort of approach to be "wrong". I...
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:24 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: The clownfish is no happier...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 113056
- Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:11 am
- Forum: Applied Linguistics
- Topic: Grand stategy for teaching listening
- Replies: 14
- Views: 20178
Grand stategy for teaching listening
I might get some interesting advice given my recent posts, but I'll go ahead and ask this on this forum in any case :wink: I recently went for an interview at a Chinese school run by Middlesex university, and I was asked a series of questions - "What is your strategy for teaching reading/writing/spe...