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				 Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:53 pm    Post subject: Re: The MAIN linguistic challenges your students face in UAE | 
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	  | redeyes wrote: | 
	 
	
	  | I have taught UAE/Saudi, and other Arab students for many years  now -- but not in the Gulf, and as we all know, teaching students on their "home ground" is very different from teaching them in other countries -- | 
	 
 
 
And what is the main difference, if I may ask? 
 
 
 
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	  | . patterns I may have identified may well be a collection of partial truths and only partially relevant observations, and equally so, It's likely I could have made a number of  misjudgements and over generalised/false observations too.  | 
	 
 
 
And what are the main patterns you have identified when teaching UAE/Saudi students outside their "home ground"? | 
			 
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