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| Foreign words and phrases are useful only to English majors |
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| I agree, but would add adult students to that |
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| I think it also would be useful for more able Oral English students |
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| I think all English language students would profit from it |
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MisterButtkins
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| Non Sequitur wrote: |
| Sorry Mr B, but what has the level of understanding of 80% of the US population got to do with it? |
I just think that learning less common words is far down the list of priorities. If your students all have perfect grammar, pronunciation, and listening abilities, go ahead and teach them ad hoc and verboten, but to me, it seems like there are more useful ways to spend time. |
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