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LarssonCrew
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I'm increasingly finding my students using
'Let me' instead of 'Ask me' or 'Told me'.
'My mother let me do all the housework this weekend. etc. |
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FreakingTea
Joined: 09 Jan 2013
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| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 6:03 am Post subject: |
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| Bud Powell wrote: |
| You realize that everyone does this to some extent, right? This is the purpose of hesitators like 'uh' or 'umm' as well as filler phrases like 'you know?'. |
I am well-aware of this, but I have never seen this sort of speech act offered as a strategy in any foreign language textbook except a Chinese textbook (at least not Arabic, French, German or even English authored by a native speaker). But then, I've seen other things in China that I've never seen anywhere else.
I've noticed that the better speakers eventually drop these acquired habits.[/quote]
It was one of the first things I learned in my Japanese classes in the states. |
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