You never know what your students are going to write.
This was one of the best essays so far.
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I like this essays. (笑)
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Where Do I Start? I’m obsessed with traveling but where do I start? I want to go to places with culture, but not just one. I don’t have alot of money but I MUST see the WORLD!!! I feel alone. Anyone got any ideas?
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I have no any ideas of this. You may find it in the future how you can do that. I really wanna go to abroad, travel around the world. But I can’t as i don’t have lots of money. I just really believe and I am sure that i can do it in the future
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Wow, that’s very honest. I guess we probably saw (will see?) this guy on the news sometime soon. lol
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lol … this type of stuff is what makes me want to go back to Japan I love the culture shock, culture barriers, and language barriers. It makes every day a new adventure and a new challenge
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I teach English in Santiago, Chile and one of the exam questions we have to ask our upper-intermediate students in oral exams is:
Do you like water sports?
Do you prefer watching or participating?
I’ve never yet been able to ask it with a straight face.
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so cute!
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I think this guy wanted to write something funny to make the teacher laugh.
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This probably made me laugh harder than anything else this weekend. Thanks!
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I loved this! I am actually looking into teaching English as a foreign language myself, and this just gave me more motivation (not that I needed it). I am 33 yrs old and am making a drastic life change by picking up and moving to another country (don’t know where yet) to teach English and see the world. The great part is, I know that while I am teaching them our language, I will learn so much more from them. Thanks for the great post!
Dina
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AMAZING!!! I used to teach in Tokyo and this is the type of stuff I experienced on a day-to-day basis.
I kept a book of funny quotes from students. It’s classic.
Thanks for sharing! It brought me right back to Japan.
@Lin I have a bunch of great ideas for you and your travel. Get in touch if you are interested.
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I once taught English to Korean students and like your Japanese students, it’s also hilarious and sweet.
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I miss seeing hilarious things like that. I, too, was an English teacher in Japan and the “Engrish” and writing assignments were highlights for me. Loved it!
By the way, in Japanese “pants” means underwear.
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Learn the language Esperanto. It will bring much more intimacy to the world than English. I say it as a speaker of both (and several other languages.). There is a dialogue on this at this website.
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I wonder how funny we would be if we tried to learn Japanese. It is funny to see how some people cope with learning an new language. I know I have had my screw ups when learning Italian and Spanish.
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While I taught ESL and EFL for over twenty years I have also studied history. The dilusion that English is forever the world second language, the world Lngua Franca, is the same one that the Germans (under the military strength of Bismarck, and the brains of Marx, Einstein and Freud) thought, what the French thought for centuries from Napolean onwards. For those seeking something other than the repetion of history, learn Esperanto, a movement glued to idealism and non-violence.
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yes, of course we will never know what are our students going to write. I like learning English and also teaching English for my students. Learning English is very complicated for me. I sometimes doesn’t really believe that people who learn in any foreign languages for many years feel so satisfied with their ability. I don’t know why, I just feel that learning English is sometimes confusing me.
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I like too. It’s so inspiring me
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Hahahaha!!!!
People who can’t speak English good are funny to laugh at alot.
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