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Anybody got a good printable source for a shorthand system? I've seen a few through googeling but I don't want to be teaching students a whole new language such as the Pitman method that is all scribbles (I'm looking more for a set of abbreviations and symbols). Anybody here have allot of note takin...

Anybody got a good printable source for a shorthand system? I've seen a few through googeling but I don't want to be teaching students a whole new language such as the Pitman method that is all scribbles.

This is obviously very applicable to the TOEFL iBT.

Thanks!

Thanks Syl and Sally! Hahaha Syl, no, i would make myslef disappear! class solved! Now you see the teacher, now you don't! Then i run all the way to my house and watch TV and have a beer. Director calls me at home "where did you go? What are you doing?" My response: "Oh just making a definition clea...

Thanks for the links. Hmm seems that those links do touch on the subject, however I'd like to see this one fleshed out a bit more! The general consensus seems to be that a bit of translation is ok. Although the talk about "thinking in English" and not translating is interesting to me. I've had two s...

Great response thanks. To top this situation off, I've just been given a new class in a company where I'm replacing this teacher who is a native speaker of Spanish and English! Great huh! My director wanted me to sit-in in the class today because she said that this teacher was really great. However!...

I didn't seem to find much about this subject surfing on the net. My question is, to what level should translation of a learners native language be allowed? This may seem absurd right? Most TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) would say absolutely none. But I would like to argu...

have the one that can count to 70 teach the others how to do the same. Then teach him or her how to count to a hundred and continue the process! hahahah Just kidding, sorry couldn't help being silly.

I didn't seem to find much about this subject surfing on the net. My question is, to what level should translation of a learners native language be allowed? This may seem absurd right? Most TOEFL teachers would say absolutely none. But I would like to argue it juts a bit. I appreciate you reading. T...