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Post by Otaku on Jan 22, 2008 10:48:16 GMT 8
It's no wonder that students think English is boring. Today, I'm in class and I'm watching the teacher teach about infinitives (to play). The examples were:
1. to study hard 2. to clean my room 3. to stop watching TV 4. to go to bed early 5. to get up early 6. to wash the dishes
Is this just part of the national brainwashing or is just trying to keep the students from liking English? If I were a student, I would think these examples were boring and not practical. Honestly, when is a student going to use this type of English? Why not teach them things they are interested in? PSP, snowboarding, cartoons, comic books, etc.
My examples would have consisted of:
1. to play my PSP 2. to snowboard 3. to watch cartoons 4. to read comic books
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Post by junkdna on Jan 24, 2008 9:36:15 GMT 8
Oh I always throw in fun ones like yours, but I use practical ones too (clean my room, watch TV, etc) because they really may need to know them and they are activites with which they can associate with.
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Post by junkdna on Jan 24, 2008 9:36:34 GMT 8
BTW, what games do you have for your PSP?
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Post by Otaku on Jan 24, 2008 10:31:58 GMT 8
While the students might be able to relate to the phrases, I don't necesarily agree that they need to learn phrases like, 'to clean my room' and 'to watch TV' because the only place they would hear that is at home, where only JAPANESE is spoken. I'm not saying they shouldn't learn those types of English, but I also think an entire lesson of infinitives regarding how to be a good Japanese person in society doesn't help keep English fun and learn more practical English phrases.
And, to answer your PSP question, in the spirit of relative clauses...
The PSP games that I have for my PSP are: grand theft auto, soccer, golf, baseball, car racing, 4-wheeler racing, snowboarding, tomb raider, and a couple of others.
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