tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-936067357166551892.post6261130578751717892..comments2024-02-27T19:34:08.943+09:00Comments on Vicariously Yours: An Education in Culture Shock: My apologies to Madam Rau.Amberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17566946882242061478noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-936067357166551892.post-50136099636143400262010-12-16T03:52:57.693+09:002010-12-16T03:52:57.693+09:00Well said. There really is a different dialogue t...Well said. There really is a different dialogue that goes on in your head. Staying motivated to teach is definitely something I struggle with! :)MessyFacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15692369821862761443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-936067357166551892.post-81984355273964708832010-12-16T01:22:11.811+09:002010-12-16T01:22:11.811+09:00Girl, Remember the post you talked about your stud...Girl, Remember the post you talked about your students' dreams? How they want to be astronauts and doctors and they have been in so many different countries and they see a world of possibilities much larger than what we saw when we were kids?<br /><br />Honestly, Just remind them that ENGLISH, Yes, ENGLISH will take them there... Really, this was what I heard all my life and even then I didn't study much because the goals were so far. Right, but if they have specific goals, connect those goals with their next test. <br /><br />I can say that because I went abroad, got to graduate school and got comments on my papers that said "A for concept, C for English" and "You got to get your grammar right if you want to graduate here"... That made me regret the years I spent in English school without doing my homework or studying for a test while in middle school.<br /><br />When I was applying for college (doing the vestibular, which is a extremely difficult and competitive test/process to get into college in Brazil) an English teacher of mine, named Louise, made me repeat a level at the school.<br /><br />Oh my God I hated her for that, but she sat me down and explained how living in Brazil without speaking good Portuguese hurt her. For her, and I agree, your grammar mistakes "make you lose intellectual assets in the eyes of other people." Tell your students: THIS IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!! If you make a grammar mistake explaining something to your boss or to your professor in the U.S., they look at you like you didn't get it straight and that you might not come up with your project ideas... Some people get embarrassed even, just for you. <br /><br />So, yes, show this comment to your students and tell them: get this done now and treat English as the passport to your dreams, to your goals, to other places and people you really won't know well if you don't speak the language. It can sound like I am saying that English is more important than other languages, I know... But we can't deny: the whole world speaks it. Most of the world. And it will most doors of the world for you, whatever your goal is.<br /><br />now, if you try to learn some Arab while there and show them you are studying it too, I bet they will get very proud and happy :D<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />LuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-936067357166551892.post-5493243377675936392010-12-16T00:22:52.175+09:002010-12-16T00:22:52.175+09:00Amber -- I appreciate you apologizing to Mme Rau f...Amber -- I appreciate you apologizing to Mme Rau for your behavior, but you're going a bit too far by saying she was a great teacher.<br /><br />hope you're doing well!Lindsay Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07517753166838263887noreply@blogger.com