| Problems faced by Thai students learning English |
?gIf the English language made any sense, catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.?h (Doug Larson)
Before delving into problems facing Thai students learning English I?fll outline some of the positives. Many students prefer farang (foreigner) teachers partly due to a more informal |
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| Author: Richard Scott |
| Date of post: 2006-08-25 |
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| Problems facing learners of different nationalities. |
| I am a ?Purist? at heart. For me the only acceptable, the only correct, the only ?propah? way to speak (and spell) English is as illustrated in the Encyclopedia Britannica ? the British English, so to speak. I have always been a staunch champion of Dr. |
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| Author: Devanshe Chauhan |
| Date of post: 2007-01-08 |
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| Problems for learners in Thailand |
Since we expect, D.v., to be in Bangkok, Thailand, from this January to May to teach English it seems quite appropriate to explore some of the challenges that we may encounter.
During our previous year in Chiang Mai our Thai landlady came monthly to collect our rent money |
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| Author: Jean Depp |
| Date of post: 2007-04-11 |
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| Problems for Learners in Italy |
| ESL students whose first language is Italian certainly have many advantages over some students who speak languages less closely related to English. The Foreign Service Institute (FSI) of the US Department of State, which recently categorized languages into how closely they were related to English and |
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| Author: Zoe Bogart |
| Date of post: 2007-04-12 |
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| Problems for learners in Japan |
| Living in Japan has given me the opportunity to see difficulties Japanese people have with English first hand. I have also discussed this issue with my Japanese wife and several other Japanese people as well. I have even discussed it with native English speakers |
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| Author: Kennith Smith |
| Date of post: 2007-04-12 |
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