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dmb
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 Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:23 pm Post subject: Did you know? |
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If you add all the posts from all the european forums you get 12,622(except Turkey)
The Turkey forum has 13992 posts.
Does this mean that Turkey is the biggest EFL field in Europe?
I'm staggered by the numbers. |
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justme
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject: |
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I bet Turkey is up there, especially with the number of young people here. I've noticed a lot of new textbooks and new editions of textbooks have more references to Turkey and students with Turkish names (though, intesestingly, if the characters in textbooks have personalities, it's the Turkish ones who goof off and get bad grades).
On the other hand it could also be that there are a lot of us posting a lot of BS and random, unrelated to TEFL musings... |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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| On the other hand it could also be that there are a lot of us posting a lot of BS and random, unrelated to TEFL musings.. |
I must have missed those posts 
The age thing is interesting. Alot of publishers are now bringing out Turkey specific books, including Academic English books. |
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justme
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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| We're using some here, like Beyond the Boundaries (though I think Sabancı publishes that one). Especially for Turks, it's a good idea. My students show little to no interest in other cultures... |
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Baba Alex
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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| On the other hand it could also be that there are a lot of us posting a lot of BS and random, unrelated to TEFL musings.. |
I must have missed those posts
The age thing is interesting. Alot of publishers are now bringing out Turkey specific books, including Academic English books. |
strangely though, when they brought out orange smarties, they weren't quite as popular |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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| My bakal is now selling fun-size marathons, I mean Snickers. When I am late in the morning it makes a better breakfast than simit |
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dmb
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| Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2005 2:51 pm Post subject: |
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| like Beyond the Boundaries (though I think Sabancı publishes that one). |
Do you think Sabanci are trying to take over the uni market and have all the universities use their materials? I haven't seen them but I am sure they are good. |
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justme
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| Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2005 6:56 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, I wondered about that. Actually, I'm not sure if they're trying to get everyone to use thier materials, or if they're selfishly hoarding them for themselves... |
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