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Julielai Posted 21 years ago
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How should a first language be taught?
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00 HK government has decided to scrap the grammar portion of the English O-level exam. OTOH, grammar will be taught as part of the first language curriculum, and not only that, native Chinese speakers will have to pass listening and oral to earn their O-level (HKCEE) diploma, and there will no longer be mandatory reading from Chinese classics. 02 br
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00 hmmm, sounds like the first language is going to be taught like a second language. 02 br
00 Am I the only one confused? 02 br
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00 HK government has decided to scrap the grammar portion of the English O-level exam. OTOH, grammar will be taught as part of the first language curriculum, and not only that, native Chinese speakers will have to pass listening and oral to earn their O-level (HKCEE) diploma, and there will no longer be mandatory reading from Chinese classics. 02 br
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00 hmmm, sounds like the first language is going to be taught like a second language. 02 br
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0 I wish they'd teach English grammar over here in England. 05 0 010id 8
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0 There is almost a mini-revolution taking place, thanks to mobile phones and instant messaging. Kids are re-inventing the English language WUD U BELEEV IT! 0-
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0 Same here in France, doodles... It's gonna be hard for the kids! 02 br
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00 By the way, welcome to the Forums! I quite like your pseudo! 0-
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0 And here. I read a while ago that in young people the thumb is actually becoming quite strong because of all the texting they do. 02 br
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00 A propos of asolutely nothing, did you know that hearing loss is increasing in younger people because of exposure to loud music and personal stereos? 02 br
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00 Are we seeing a further evolution of the species?
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00 A propos of asolutely nothing, did you know that hearing loss is increasing in younger people because of exposure to loud music and personal stereos? 02 br
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00 Are we seeing a further evolution of the species?
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0 Big thumbs and small ears... Goodbye Mr Spok ... We'll have to readjust our sense of aesthetics... 02 br
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00 BTW 05 0 00 let me tell you that (both) thumbs already get stronger BEFORE the age of cell phone chatting and spelling, with the Nintendo game something... it's incredible! 010id 1
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00 BTW 05 0 00 let me tell you that (both) thumbs already get stronger BEFORE the age of cell phone chatting and spelling, with the Nintendo game something... it's incredible! 010id 1
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0 Hello Julie 02 br
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00 I'm an English learner from Japan. One problem of our kids here is that they are not taught much about the grammar of Japanese, though they are forced to learn English grammar rather intensively. As the consequence, they tend to parse Japanese sentences by using the concepts of English grammar. For example, we say "watashi-wa ringo-ga suki-desu" to m
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00 I'm an English learner from Japan. One problem of our kids here is that they are not taught much about the grammar of Japanese, though they are forced to learn English grammar rather intensively. As the consequence, they tend to parse Japanese sentences by using the concepts of English grammar. For example, we say "watashi-wa ringo-ga suki-desu" to m
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0 Wow, Paco, it must be real hard for you Japanes to learn English! Congratulations for your achievements... Tell me, do the same gramatical terms apply both to Japanese and English? 0-
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0 Hello Pieanne 02 br
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00 Yes, we class our words into pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and so on. One category of ours different from English is 'particles' that follow main words. Most of them are used to fix the case of nominal words. But young people tend to take them as something like English prepositions (actually post-positions). 02 br
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00 Yes, we class our words into pronouns, nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and so on. One category of ours different from English is 'particles' that follow main words. Most of them are used to fix the case of nominal words. But young people tend to take them as something like English prepositions (actually post-positions). 02 br
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