Comments on: China’s Education System http://coljac.net/china/2009/10/chinas-education-system/ The only foreigner to ever blog from China. Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:15:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Colin http://coljac.net/china/2009/10/chinas-education-system/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Colin Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:20:43 +0000 http://coljac.net/china/?p=127#comment-62 The problem is, what if you have no access to a speaker at all? I learned that many Japanese, for example, learn English from a teacher who never says a word in English, merely directs them to the appropriate passages in the book to study. I'm sure the same is true here. Under those circumstances, your options as a motivated student are pretty limited. The problem is, what if you have no access to a speaker at all? I learned that many Japanese, for example, learn English from a teacher who never says a word in English, merely directs them to the appropriate passages in the book to study. I’m sure the same is true here. Under those circumstances, your options as a motivated student are pretty limited.

]]> By: JP Villanueva http://coljac.net/china/2009/10/chinas-education-system/comment-page-1/#comment-61 JP Villanueva Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:44:23 +0000 http://coljac.net/china/?p=127#comment-61 It's way easier to learn English (or any language) by speaking it; then pass the true or false test using your ear, rather than all that crap you memorized. And then you have the added plus of being able to talk to people. I used to tell this to my students; concentrate on learning Spanish, and you'll breeze through my class... concentrate on breezing through my class, you'll neither learn Spanish nor breeze through my class. It’s way easier to learn English (or any language) by speaking it; then pass the true or false test using your ear, rather than all that crap you memorized. And then you have the added plus of being able to talk to people.

I used to tell this to my students; concentrate on learning Spanish, and you’ll breeze through my class… concentrate on breezing through my class, you’ll neither learn Spanish nor breeze through my class.

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