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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 [...] 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? I would like to propose a “Friday Night at The Movies.” This would require a room such as 7-215 every Friday night 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. The English movie would be open to all campus students at no charge. First come – first seated. I am particularly interested in first reaching the less motivated [...] November 3, 2010 UPDATE: WANTED: Retired Foreign Teachers Age 60 – 65 for September 2011 (Apply now) Zhejiang SciTech University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China International Office: Fanny ZSTU <fanny.gf@163.com> June 26, 2010 There is great confusion amongst foreigners about the Chinese age limitation of 60 for foreign teachers to receive a Foreign Expert Certificate (FEC), a [...] |
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