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Message board > CORRECTION TIME... Shall I laugh or shall I cry...?
CORRECTION TIME... Shall I laugh or shall I cry...?
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Greek Professor
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CORRECTION TIME... Shall I laugh or shall I cry...?
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Im correcting my students compositions and i just want to pull out my hair... And it �s about an accident...
so I read...{quote}: I had decided to go by train. The train was going normally for a few minutes but suddenly another train appeared. The driver tried to leave but he can �t... now: ... shall i cry or laugh?
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15 Mar 2009
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freddie
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I think that if a little mistake like that makes you cry, you should never leave your students  . What would you do with my new Intermediate students? They couldn �t make a sentence that good if their lives depended on it! Bless their hearts though, it isn �t their fault, they came from another school and we are trying to correct the mess that was made! |
15 Mar 2009
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Greek Professor
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...a freddie....have been though that... actually I laughed... just wanted to share... |
15 Mar 2009
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donapeter
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Dear Greek professor, what you have just shared is not as funny or sad as some of my students. Well,.......last year, for example, I asked my students to pronounce the word" noon" and they didn �t know. I tried to help them and I said: :How do you pronounce when you see double o" A girl ( without special needs - at least not declared) said : "We pronounce it A". I couldn �t help myself and I asked:" Capital A or just a?" And she replied " Capital!!!"
This is what I call lack of interest, lack of thinking, lack of whatever!!!
I wish I had your students!!
Have a great day, you all!!!
D
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15 Mar 2009
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_babz
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well.....they used the wrong modal
I �m still impressed they �re using the present perfect....wow!
I should post some of my french students � stuff (yes, I know, I come from Canada, but from the French part Quebec, so you �d be surprised at how many errors they make)
ciao
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15 Mar 2009
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_babz
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shoot...I meant to say the past perfect...obvioulsy..lol
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15 Mar 2009
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