tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901747595535756098.post5854110472967570766..comments2013-06-04T15:37:47.510+01:00Comments on Tongue: Gimme, gimme, gimme...Ric Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517235813141383958noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901747595535756098.post-83269866241142994512009-05-05T21:19:00.000+01:002009-05-05T21:19:00.000+01:00It is certainly a minefield. I do a lot of marking...It is certainly a minefield. I do a lot of marking of academic writing and it's so easy to say things like 'This MIGHT be better if this sentence was rewritten'. Teachers naturally want to be gentle and maintain rapport with their students, but in doing so risk giving a message so indirect that it is completely missed.Ric Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00517235813141383958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-901747595535756098.post-37866473328535704402009-05-05T16:39:00.000+01:002009-05-05T16:39:00.000+01:00This reminds me of British formulas for giving ins...This reminds me of British formulas for giving instructions, and how these can be misunderstood by lower int students. I've observed loads of trainee teachers who say things like 'perhaps you'd like to get into pairs now?' to students who think they are being offered a choice. My favourite signalling of the end of an activity came from a very intellectual lady in on a CTEFLA course in Cambridge who said to a bunch of lower int oriental sts 'well, if you can BEAR to tear yourselves away from this now...'Ipmilathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370120491927658242noreply@blogger.com