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Sashadroogie

Have we had a thread on studenty things which get our goats?

Tried to search, but was too inebriated to find anything. Anyway, this is going to like the Pet Peeves thread, but focused on things that learners do which annoy the bejesus out of us.

To kick off: the tardy student who inevitably disrupts the class with her crinkly plastic bag, which she uses to carry her as good as unread course book, and then precedes to ask students questions in L1 about what she has missed. Usually without so much as a hello to boot!

Ach! I need a drink just thinking about it... : (

smithrn1983 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 320 Location: Moscow

The one student who sits in sullen silence the entire lesson and glares at any other student who dares to utter a word about anything.

smithrn1983 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 320 Location: Moscow

The student who brings a lively discussion involving everyone to a dead stop in order to remind them that we were supposed to discuss some obscure grammar point today.

smithrn1983 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 320 Location: Moscow

The student who brings a lively discussion involving everyone to a dead stop in order to remind them that we were supposed to discuss some obscure grammar point today.

smithrn1983 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 320 Location: Moscow

The student who says they live in the Moscow despite the fact that you have reminded them at least 100 times that they most certainly do not live in a river.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:46 pm Post subject:

Yes, quite closely related to the huffy-puffy student who refuses to interact in any other way using words and not sighs...

Sashadroogie · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:47 pm Post subject:

The student who insists that they are 'from Moscow' even though they just moved here a few years ago from the provinces. Does that mean I am 'from Moscow' too?

EFLeducator · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:52 pm Post subject:

The disrespect towards the TEFLer educator in general. And no...the educator doesn't have to earn the respect of the students. Students with any kind of "real" upbringing knows to respect the educator. Rolling Eyes

EFLeducator · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:57 pm Post subject:

The "education is not important" mentality brought to the classroom on a constant basis.

OR...

Why do I need to speak English? I'm never going to leave my country, not even for a vacation, so why learn to speak English?? Rolling Eyes

What?? English is the universal language of Business? Oh, I didn't think about that. Rolling Eyes

Unbelievable.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

DebMer · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:32 pm Post subject:

For me it's a general gripe that so few of my students (I do love them dearly, but would change this one thing if I could) force themselves to do the hard but beneficial thing by entering the English-speaking world at their fingertips, because everywhere they go there are Spanish speakers to fall back on. (I teach adult students in Southern California where Spanish speakers or translators are available nearly everywhere.)

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Students who take out mirrors and proceed to preen.
Those who use smartphones to chat and say, "Teach-uh, dictionary" Right. I'm sure dictionaries are so funny.

Shonai Ben · Joined: 15 Feb 2003 Posts: 617

"We Japanese" blah,blah,blah........and sleeping is not a hobby.....

smithrn1983 · Joined: 23 Jul 2010 Posts: 320 Location: Moscow

The student who thinks that because a word is a cognate, it absolutely must have the exact same meaning in English as in their L1. And if it doesn't, then all English speakers are wrong.

Sashadroogie · Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2012 4:49 am Post subject:

False beginners who badger school administration for a teacher with X,Y or Z accent.