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Avventura: A Beginner's Course in Italian - BBC Publications - 1972 (cartoons by Brian Pike and John Davies)

being a good language teacher and the overlap with being good at improv theatre, charades and making noises

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Teacher's Dilemma

I find myself at a crossroads with two sets of short stories for my Russian language students.

Set 1: Native Speakers' Stories

These stories, penned by native Russians, paint a vivid, authentic picture of life in Russia. However, they come with a catch:

The content is often bizarre and uncomfortable for students to engage with.

The language use is a mixed bag: colloquial yet with an overly simplified and somewhat unnatural syntax.

Set 2: British Instructors' Stories

This collection offers:

Consistent language tailored perfectly to the learners' level, with a commendable style.

Engaging and fun stories that students love.

However, the depiction of Russian life is inaccurate:

Russian hosts not offering dinner to first-time foreign guests?

Soldiers serving 25-year terms without family contact?

Rainy winters in the Siberian mountains?

While these stories are enjoyable, they don't reflect the real Russia.

This situation has sparked an urge in me to write my own story book for language learners.

What do you think? Should I embark on this literary journey? Have you faced similar issues with teaching materials in other languages?

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first day of the 3 week intensive German course done and it went really well!! turns out my worrying the past 2 weeks was completely unfounded! who would have thought???!!!??

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As an English-as-a-second language teacher, I would never ever ever tell my students that TikTok English isn’t a valid and legitimate use of the language. I tell them that it’s a register of English that has appropriate contexts and inappropriate context, and “here’s how you say ‘no wait, let him cook’” in formal, standard English, or “this phrase that you’re asking me about means this but it should only be used with friends in informal context, there’s a time and a place for TikTok English”, but I’d never tell them not to use it or that it’s not valid.

Today’s internet idioms might be next decade’s “perfectly fine in a business email” idioms and I’m not going to stop my students from learning and embracing all aspects of the language. My job is to teach them the appropriate contexts for different things, and to ready them to use English in different contexts and to be able to use it to their benefits. It’s not to be the arbiter of what parts of the language are “real” or “not real” or to say that they MUST only use certain dialects. That would be doing them a disservice and not fully preparing them for the increasingly English-speaking, rapidly-changing world they’re about to face.

Shakespeare was once written for the unwashed masses who spared a little coin to go see a play in a register of their language that made sense to them. Now it’s the height of sophistication. I’m not here to make those decisions. I’m just here to teach my students to move through the world and to know how to use the language in different situations. I’m not so arrogant as to say “that’s not REAL English” because obviously that’s not true. People are using it, so it’s real English.

I’m here to say stuff like “it’s rizz with your friends, that’s fine. But let’s stick to “style” in your essays for now”

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Hi there, humankind!

My name is Hayrunisa Altın and I am 20 years old. Currently I am an ELT student at Marmara University in Istanbul. The reason why I created this blog page is to share my journey as a pre-service English teacher. Additionally,I hope to inspire people and get inspired from them in return. I think it is time to get to know me better!

Who is Nikolykind?

You may wonder why my user name is Nikolykind instead of something related to my real name. Back in highschool, my close friends used to call me Nikoly, which still makes me feel unique. Like I am one of a specific kind.Then I attached the word kind at the end.I actually thought it would be creative to use it as a pen name. To refer my readers,I have come up with a nickname too, Humankind!

Apart for my interest in English language and Education, I am very keen on listening to different genres of music. Heavy-metal, rock and post-punk are some of them. This is one of the concerts I've been too!

Another interest of mine is fashion and life style. I am an alternative person and I usually prefer thrifted or second-hand clothes because they are much more cheaper compared to fast-fashion products. Additionally second-hand products are sustainable and don't cause harm to the environment as much as fast-fashion products do. I personally believe they re cooler too! Here are some of my stylings:

And last but not least, maybe the most neglected interest of mine is drawing. Although I can not spare much time to it, drawing is still the best comforting acivity for me. Here are some of my art works: