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The Hollywood movie “The Terminal” is an interesting story that unintentionally demonstrates the principles of 2nd language acquisition. When surrounded with an English environment, you absorb the language from your environment. You listen to more English, read more English, write more English and speak more English. Chinese students studying English in China are surrounded with [...] Professor Martin Wolff I have often said that when a teacher stops learning, they should stop teaching. I want to thank my SYSU Fall 2009 post grad students for introducing me to a new term, “MUTE ENGLISH.” I had never heard this before and it has piqued my interest. A Google search revealed many student [...] Teaching EFL in China: What Every Foreign Teacher Should Know Before They Go Martin Wolff (China Foreign Exoert) https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=9395 This book consists of a compilation of articles that seek to fully inform foreigners about the realities of teaching in China. (The good, the bad, and the ugly)The authors have personal experience teaching English as [...] Teach With Movies China uses movies to teach English. Well, almost. Universities throughout China use movie clips shown in the classroom during class time. The short clips are repeated over and over again, ad nauseum, until the students have memorized certain chunks of language. Yes, movie clips are used for language learning cum memorization. Students [...] A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cash’s life, from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis, where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. What did the man in black teach you? Maybe it is time to seriously think about retiring. For the past 9 years I have tried my best to not only assist my students in improving their English, I have attempted to lead university administrators toward creating an English speaking environment. No matter what I do, they just refuse to get it. No matter [...] ENGLISH TODAY, DECEMBER 2010, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS pg. 53 China’s English mystery – the views of a China ‘foreign expert’ MARTIN WOLFF A hard-hitting opinion piece from an English teacher in China Introduction The mysteries of exotic China arise not only from its voluntary isolation from the modern world during some of the most formative [...] Western conflicts with Muslim culture. An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well. What did you learn from this cross-cultural story? Oral English Classrooms The course is called Oral English. It is usually conducted in a multi-media classroom with theater style fixed seating. Students are called upon to stand and recite memorized passages. This course should be called “Memorizing Useless Set Phrases.” The course should be re-named “Conversational Chinglish” and it should be conducted in classrooms [...] Chinese vs. Foreign Teachers Chinese teachers lecture to a group, which happens to be made up of individuals. There is little or no individual eye contact and no attention paid to any individual student. There is no individualized attention paid to any student and there is no discipline administered. Students text message on their phones, [...] |
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