Polyglots???

[Turbine Freight]

English (native tongue), then French & German (fluent).

[Tombstone Mountain]

English and Ebonics. Wud up homes?

[Tombstone Mountain]

My dog understands what I'm saying, well most of the time. Does that count?

I'm trying to improve my English here on this fine forum but it's harder to write in a foreign language than to speak.

Were you kidding? Or is English not your fluent language?

I'm German therefore it's more difficult for me to post on a forum like this. Sometimes I can't find the right words to express my feelings about a term.

You have excellent handwriting, unless that was Katrin. I found your English skills quite Polished.

 

 

[greyfriar]

My dog understands what I'm saying, well most of the time. Does that count?

I'm trying to improve my English here on this fine forum but it's harder to write in a foreign language than to speak.

Were you kidding? Or is English not your fluent language?

I'm German therefore it's more difficult for me to post on a forum like this. Sometimes I can't find the right words to express my feelings about a term.

You have excellent handwriting, unless that was Katrin. I found your English skills quite Polished.

Thanks Duff. No it was me who wrote the letter. :cheers:

[LedRush]

The problem with learning a second language is that it's a huge test to your ego: you speak poorly, make silly mistakes and are mocked by native speakers for a long time until you've learned a language properly.

a lot of my teacher colleagues invest time correcting kids instead of encouraging them. As a language teacher I always celebrated the fact that kids were brave enough to speak up and make the mistakes necessary for growth. Many mistakes are desirable markers of emerging language control (think of a toddler that says "I goed to the store". He understands past tense!).

 

Can't you encourage and correct?

 

I did a course called TESOL - Teaching English as a Second Language, and they said it´s better to use the "mirror correction technique". So when a kid says "I goed to the store" you reply by saying "Oh, ok...you went to the store? I went to the store too...what did you buy thre?" and so on...

 

I took TESL as well. I call that encourage and correct.

[goose]

The problem with learning a second language is that it's a huge test to your ego: you speak poorly, make silly mistakes and are mocked by native speakers for a long time until you've learned a language properly.

a lot of my teacher colleagues invest time correcting kids instead of encouraging them. As a language teacher I always celebrated the fact that kids were brave enough to speak up and make the mistakes necessary for growth. Many mistakes are desirable markers of emerging language control (think of a toddler that says "I goed to the store". He understands past tense!).

 

Can't you encourage and correct?

 

I did a course called TESOL - Teaching English as a Second Language, and they said it´s better to use the "mirror correction technique". So when a kid says "I goed to the store" you reply by saying "Oh, ok...you went to the store? I went to the store too...what did you buy thre?" and so on...

 

I took TESL as well. I call that encourage and correct.

Exactly. Correct by modeling the more acceptable phrasing in a response, as apposed to pointing out an error. Unless they ask, of course.