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Originally Posted by Guy Mandude
Isn't it valuable to understand or start from the learner's ability and move forward from there? I don't see the article as offering excuses, rather showing the Thai language in some aspects is cleaner than the muddy mess of English. With a little imagination, you could create at least two years' worth of grammar lessons based on the linguistic observations of the article. Then again, you'd be boring the students shitless with a grammar-only approach to learning English.
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Guy I agree completely, I was only guarding against complacency I find particularly with Thai English teachers who constantly tell me its hard for their students to learn English. I tell them to start with actually ask kids some questions rather than babbling on and teaching them grammar rules. english is a tough language to perfect but not so hard to make yourself understood. i think the emphasis here needs to be to get Thais speaking bad English first and then refine it rather than the current approach which seems to betaught ieifits not perfect, say nothing.