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Originally Posted by MikeS
I'm currently teaching classes which mix Japanese, Koreans, Taiwanese, Thais, Brazilians, Columbians, Saudi and UAE students. Its interesting that in such a mixed environment the Thais are much more willing to dive in and take risks than they were when my classes were all Thai. Its unscientific, but thats my impression.
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This is the biggest difference between teaching ESL classes in an English-speaking country and teaching EFL to unilingual classes just about anywhere. It can and often does impact learning far more than the "osmosis/immersion learning" (mythical) factor that gets mention once in a while on this board.
It's also the hardest thing about learning to teach EFL when you've done years of the other-- all those great activities and approaches that just don't work any longer.
