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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? 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? 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 [...] UPDATE July 25, 2010 Foreign English teachers who want to teach in a Chinese University, now is the time to send electronic resumes. University Foreign Affairs Offices that are understaffed and overburdened are just now finishing repatriation of last year’s foreign teachers. Now they have time to recruit foreign teachers for September 2010. Of course [...] Eat a Bowl of Tea Farewell My Concubine Great Wall Iron and Silk Joy Luck Club Sand Pebbles Shanghai Express Shanghai Lady Shanghai Noon Tai Pan The Last Emperor White Countess The debate rages on – what is Standard English? There are those who advocate learning Standard British English, Standard American English or Standard International English. Linguists and language scholars have conjured up such concepts in their own minds but no such Standard English actually exists in reality. Chinese scholars admonish their students to “master” Standard [...] |
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