Making Yogurt for Darwin
To celebrate Charles Darwin's 200th birthday anniversary the school decided everyone will make yogurt. The students had a great time although only a few of them actually ate it. Some parents tossed it right away because they they were worried about disease. I understand that. But it was still fun.I ran into one of my students at COSTCO on Saturday. In class he usually speaks very well but in COSTCO he couldn't say anything in English.
This is not the first time that this has happened. I think it's very common in Taiwan. Students only can speak English in school or in a classroom situation. Outside of that something happens and they lose it.
The government recognizes this problem and is building an "English" village. The idea is to loosen student's tongues by immersing them an an English atmosphere.
posted by Teacher Gerald at 6:38 AM
1 Comments:
HI there...it rocks to see you teaching, and of course celebrating the man...darwin.
interesting about the loss of language in class...i had the opposite in germany, could totally converse, but nothing grammar or school oriented, b/c i learned it all in convo...
anyhoo enjoy. and loving the blog. i think yuou ought to change the side bar layout and have teamfunbaby, since teamfunannie is sooooo outdated :)
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