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juanisaac
Joined: 03 Apr 2009
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I center my teaching on the verbs. When my students write or speak the major problems are with the verbs they use. Also a close second are the misuse or omission of prepositions.
Chinese teachers here just pump in so much grammatical jargon into their students' heads that they cannot use English because they are so confused. "What is what" and "what goes where" is what they spend most of their time thinking.
I meet quite a few Chinese teachers who tell me that they know more English than I do. How in the world that happens is beyond me.
Truth be told, English here is just for testing and not to actually be used. |
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CJD
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You are correct, they are not. Opinions differ but I'd guess between 400-700 words would enable somebody to hold a conversation on most subjects more than adequately and communicate effectively in most situations.
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i kind of get what you're saying, but 400-700 words isn't even half of what is needed to ''hold a conversation on most subjects.''
4,000 - 7,000 is a more accurate figure |
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Brian Hugh
Joined: 07 Jan 2012
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Location: China
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| Thanks for who ever recommended Murphy's book on grammar. I have carried this book around with me for many years. I didn't think it had much value when I was teaching French students but looking at it recently I see it is the best for teaching Chinese students. |
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