I was just thinking how I am far more tolerant of non-native speakers who do or say something odd or insulting than I am of native speakers. One of my students the other day said, "Good bye, Teacher." And one the native speakers in class thought it was really odd. I thought it was respectful, although not common. On the other hand, one of my students today (I teach comp 101 at MSU as a TA) called me Jodi. Although it didn't bother me really--several of my professors at the University of Minnesota-Duluth asked to be called by their first names. Actually I think they were all in the Education department, although I don't know why that would matter. Anyway, I just thought the juxtaposition between the two was interesting.
It was intersting to look at everyone's lesson plan ideas. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is an awesome movie. I'm having my comp class analyze one of MLK's letters for their first writing assignment; an interesting slant at teaching culture for an ESL assignment.
It was intersting to look at everyone's lesson plan ideas. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape is an awesome movie. I'm having my comp class analyze one of MLK's letters for their first writing assignment; an interesting slant at teaching culture for an ESL assignment.
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I have an article about teaching argumentative essay by films and the sample movie here is What Eating Gilbert Grape. I can give you a copy of it if you are interested with it.
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