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[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

Hello? Hello? maniac? Test for echo...hello?

NCTBA

[12 Monkeys]

OK I am getting (double "t", right?) very very irritated (double "r", right?) of all these corrections. Be as prescriptive as you want to be but I lean towards a Steven Krashen (Affective Filter Hypothesis) approach (double "p", right?). I want to create a less stressful class. Why heck I don't even mind if you have A beer before class if that's what it takes to lower your filter. (not applicable in Saudi)

Cornelius of the chimpanzee BA Eng. Lit. + TESL, TEIL

[Pikgitina]

Good to see a teacher who can spell and who doesn't mind checking with others whether he got it right or not .

I'm all for a lowered Affective Filter, but I don't see what this has to do with correct use of the language. A focus on accuracy, when appropriate, only gets my students sitting up, tuning in. They want corrections, but they also know that they won't always get it. Some students complain when they are not corrected: "My teacha no colect me. My teacha razy" (Yesterday, one told me that she's moving to Merboulon .)

Don't forget that everyone learns in a different way. Some students have learning styles that simply won't be satisfied by only being able to get a message across, be understood or communicate.

Striving for communicative accuracy is not the same as being prescriptive. Forcing "grammar rules" down people's throats which are contrary to what is actually allowed in the language = prescriptive, e.g. the silly some/any rules commonly found in course and grammar books. Spelling commonly-used words right and knowing when nouns and verbs need that notorious 's' are important, IMO. And I repeat: IMO. I know that many have a different take on this. More power to ya!

[eclectic]

WHAT ON EARTH???

Hey Johnslat, are reading this?

What is going on here? I was waiting for the echo, too. But maniacally speaking, mainly, the man just vanished like a will-o'-the-wisp.

Are English teachers getting mad that they have to spell correctly or am I bypassing a kind of labyrinthine friendship here in my effort to differentiate betwixt sarcasm and honest-to-goodness thinly-disguised malice?

Az four misteaks, Eye'll taik 3 well-done and one medium rair.

[tvik]

what are the students like at KAU?

is the program divided into skills? ie: reading/writing/speaking class

is there any problems leaving the country when the students are away?

in practice, how much time off on holidays do you get?

[tvik]

i assume this is the King Abdul Azziz University thread? No?

Anyone working there that could answer the above questions?

[12 Monkeys]

[Pikgitina]

[Pikgitina]

[Never Ceased To Be Amazed]

[trapezius]