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Cerriowen
Joined: 03 Jun 2006
Location: Pocheon
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I used to teach adults. One of my co-workers was reviewing the word "can't"...
Teacher: Use the word "Can't" in a sentence...
Student: "I can't satisfy my wife."
Having a discussion on the falling birthrates in Korea. One of my students (single, cute guy who had a crush on me) asked "Would you like to get pregnant?"
The battery died in one of their electronic dictionaries... Student raised his hand and said "Wait please, my dic isn't working!" |
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abedefduf
Joined: 15 Jan 2008
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today, the kids thought it'd be funny to write a forged message from me on the board that said:
"There will be no homowork today. - (my name)"
the message was surrounded by the word pizza which was written, probably, about 50 times. these are middle schoolers by the way. |
bahahahaha |
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Scarlet13
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
Location: Changwon
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: |
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What does Candyman eat?....Jenny 
Me: What is the opposite of bigger ?
Student: Chicken!
Me: What does your mother do?
Student: She is businessman.
Me: Your mother is a man?
Student: Yes...O...NO NO!
Student heard to say.....Where is my bottom?
"Cut out the shape and glue it to a sheep of coloured paper."
"Rice, corn, people and other crops grow in the summer."
"I am so much butter than you!"
"My friend is on diet she is a plant." |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 8:31 am Post subject: |
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Sometimes the children are very smart and hardthinking, they just do not have all the vocabulary:
For example, one smart little girl would often say, "I don't yes." I soon figured out that she thought "I don't know" (which she heard a lot in conversation without having read it) was "I don't no," and therefore she logically concluded that the opposite of ignorance would be "I don't yes."
Once I explained the matter, she always remembered to say, "I know." |
 This is the reason that I stopped teaching "sky blue". Students would think that "sky" was the same as "light", so "sky green" and "sky yellow" made perfect sense to them. |
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bondjimbond
Joined: 29 Dec 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:09 am Post subject: |
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In going over new vocabulary words, I asked students what "loose" meant. One gave the following example: "Teacher, teacher! When my zip is loose, Namdaemun is open."
It took a second for me to get it, but that was a great answer. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| This is the reason that I stopped teaching "sky blue". Students would think that "sky" was the same as "light", so "sky green" and "sky yellow" made perfect sense to them. |
Why not first teach them:
as blue as the sky
as green as the forest / an emerald
as red as the sun
as yellow as gold
Then teach skyblue, emerald green, et al? |
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ajuma
Joined: 18 Feb 2003
Location: Anywere but Seoul!!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2008 5:11 am Post subject: |
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| This is the reason that I stopped teaching "sky blue". Students would think that "sky" was the same as "light", so "sky green" and "sky yellow" made perfect sense to them. |
Why not first teach them:
as blue as the sky
as green as the forest / an emerald
as red as the sun
as yellow as gold
Then teach skyblue, emerald green, et al? |
Well, MY sun is yellow...
I was just talking about how students logically think something is correct based on their limited knowledge of the language. Actually, making these kinds of connections, correct or not, show that a student has thought about how the language works and is trying to fit what they learn into rules. This is a good thing!! |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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ajuma:
"The morning sun is shining like a --- rubber ball"
"yellow sun" = 412,000 google hits
"red sun" = 1,830,000 hits
But each to their own. Depends on the time of day, too. Sunset / Sunrise, vs midday.
As red as a beetroot, radish or rose, then? |
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siborg69
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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i was talking to 3 of my kids and in their book, the topic was fire. one of the questions was "how do you make fire?". they got lighter, stones and sticks.....they didnt get matches. so i said there was one more still to get, they didnt have a clue. so i said "M....." (making an m sound), then still no idea. so i said "Ma......Ma....."
then one of the kids shouted out "Massachusetts!!!!" i remind him of this all the time and he always has a good laugh at it. brilliant kid! |
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vexed
Joined: 25 Aug 2006
Location: Daegu
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Me: What's the capital of Japan?
Student A: Table!
Student B: (not understanding the question but deciding to follow student A's suit) Desk...no... chair!
Me: No, I mean capital city. What is the capital city of Japan?
Student A: China!
Student B: (again following suit) Japan! |
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rD.NaTas
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
Location: changwon
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| Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 5:20 am Post subject: |
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