Comments on: Hey, English Speakers — Learn Some Friggin English! http://aldacron.net/blog/2007/01/30/hey-english-speakers-learn-some-friggin-english/ Searching for reason in an unreasonable world. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:55:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Aldacron http://aldacron.net/blog/2007/01/30/hey-english-speakers-learn-some-friggin-english/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Aldacron Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:09:22 +0000 http://aldacron.net/blog/2007/01/30/hey-english-speakers-learn-some-friggin-english/#comment-182 Thanks for the comment. One thing that's really interesting to me is that most of my students underestimate their English ability. When I tell someone they speak more properly than many native speakers, they usually think I'm just being nice. It's hard for them to believe. That's when I give them a URL for a message board I visit regularly. They feel much better after that. Thanks for the comment. One thing that’s really interesting to me is that most of my students underestimate their English ability. When I tell someone they speak more properly than many native speakers, they usually think I’m just being nice. It’s hard for them to believe. That’s when I give them a URL for a message board I visit regularly. They feel much better after that.

]]> By: Johan Holmberg http://aldacron.net/blog/2007/01/30/hey-english-speakers-learn-some-friggin-english/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Johan Holmberg Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:57:10 +0000 http://aldacron.net/blog/2007/01/30/hey-english-speakers-learn-some-friggin-english/#comment-183 I enjoyed reading this. Not because I like what's going on, but because you explain this phenomenon very accurately. Societies where there are more than one language constantly being used are far more likely to succeed in banging the importance of proper grammar into students' heads. It's as if the American culture just takes its language for granted. Or maybe they lack the discipline and long tradition of trying to preserve a language the way it is and not let it run loose and evolve as time goes by. I enjoyed reading this. Not because I like what’s going on, but because you explain this phenomenon very accurately.

Societies where there are more than one language constantly being used are far more likely to succeed in banging the importance of proper grammar into students’ heads. It’s as if the American culture just takes its language for granted. Or maybe they lack the discipline and long tradition of trying to preserve a language the way it is and not let it run loose and evolve as time goes by.

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