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well whatever... I still think that cutting a slit in an animals chest and pinching an artery is effectively killing it, be you a bhuddist, daoist taoist confucianist or agnostic, yes or no?

cutting a small cut in the chest and pinching the heart artery funny way of killing it if you cut it open and pinch the artery... is it not? I would say this was effectively killing it wouldnt you? anyway if you like sheep meat fine... but the poster said he was about 50 and not sure if many 50 year...

only go to Mongolia if you like eating lamb or sheep meat.. go to Guangdong it's never cold and you can eat food like chicken or beef too

rubbish

of course you could have just said it was lazy english and not used by people who usually like to speak properly instead of making a big issue of it...

I notice the originator of this argument is suspiciously silent...

My point is whats the point? teach them usable english or just sing a song? ok teach then my heart will go on or yesterday once more, how much will that help them if they A) want to have conversation with a foreigner or be go to an English speaking country... yes? no? or am I taking English teaching...

than to use up a few minutes of classtime to learn how to sing an English song. Here we are, the real truth of the matter... use up is another way of saying "waste some time" when they could be learning something uselful and helpful in their life unless they plan to become a bar or nightclub singer....

or how about REM "sidewinder sleeps tonight" or the spice gilrs "Wannabe" or maybe even some of the old Bob Dylan songs it'll help their listening skills and pronunciation too.

please pass me the bucket whilst I VOMIT! one of the crappiest songs of all time. what I do in my English class is to teach them how to SPEAK... teaching kids to sings songs is the easiest gig in the world. As for teaching University students the same, well, what kind of teacher are you? shoudn't th...

where are you then? I'm in Guangdong

I teach English here in China, for my sins, I would like to know this: what age do they start to teach reading in the USA? in England we start at first year of school usually 5... actually I went to school when I was 4! The thing is my mother taught me to read before I went to school. when the other...

what are you agreeing with? 44 sounds or what? do they actually trach phonics now in America or do they still insist on the "word method"

Oh joy! Oh bliss! I agree wholeheartedly with you... I feel that it is a waste of time and effort to teach songs unless the child has a full grasp of every word they are saying... I Never teach and will never teach songs, bu the reasnthey do is as you say the school wants to see the parents to see t...

The sounds of the letters don't follow consistent patterns - "a" has six sounds at least. what language are you talking about? there are 44 sounds in English... the phonetics system says 48... there are 2 sounds for the letter a long and short a. learn the phonics system it's what we learn in Engla...