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Concerning worksheets > international names
international names
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rose95
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international names
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Today I used some of your age wss. I usually check them before printing but this time I was in a hurry. As my students were answering the questions to "How old is Flavia?" they couldn �t decide if they were supposed to use "he" or "she". So if it is possible can we use international names(mainly English ones) on our worksheets.
Thanks for considering.
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17 Aug 2009
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mariannina
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Well, it �s a good idea but it �s not often so easy, because our worksheets are designed for our own classes and then for ESLprintables. I �ll try to keep your idea in mind. Here is a little help if you download Italian worksheets: all the names ending by "a" are girls � names, except for Andrea that is a boy �s name! Funny isn �t it? I know that in England that is a girl �s name! Bye. |
17 Aug 2009
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Kate (kkcat)
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I try to use international names or English names so that my Ss know about them and know how to spell them and pronounce them, for example, let �s take name Heather. Quite popular name in the US. Most of my Ss had no idea how to pronounce it, but now they know and who knows , maybe one day they will have to address someone with this name. At least now I hope there will be no embarrassment. But it �s just an example.
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17 Aug 2009
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patty39
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I agree with Ladybird, although I always use English names in my ws.
Hugs! |
17 Aug 2009
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JudyHalevi
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In my worksheets, I use Hebrew names for my students and before I upload to here, I change the names to English names.
 from Israel
Judy |
17 Aug 2009
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Spagman63
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As a general rule, most names ending in "a � are girls � names. I don �t know of any English names for boys that end in a. In fact, we tell the difference from boys and girls by the final "a" :Sean-Seana, Paul-Paula etc.
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17 Aug 2009
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g�lg�n
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Hi Sara,
It is BTW not BTM. BTW stands for �by the way � |
17 Aug 2009
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