tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post6839516833798052799..comments2023-05-20T04:27:43.174-05:00Comments on A Bumpy Path: New Blog: English Conversation OnlineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-58146604152199023962009-01-05T01:39:00.000-06:002009-01-05T01:39:00.000-06:00Welcome, Charles! I'm glad you like it here, and I...Welcome, Charles! I'm glad you like it here, and I look forward to when you return.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-57250908909711695322009-01-05T00:29:00.000-06:002009-01-05T00:29:00.000-06:00After reading some of the articles here, I will vi...After reading some of the articles here, I will visit your blog again next time. You also use a nice blogger template.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-80055849768328364112008-11-17T07:29:00.000-06:002008-11-17T07:29:00.000-06:00You're welcome, Mike. I read the article about the...You're welcome, Mike. <BR/><BR/>I read the article about the cultural variations and you made some great points I hadn't considered. I think the majority of people here in the US rarely have a chance to travel out of country, and then if they do, it's as a tourist. I think you miss a lot of culture that way.<BR/><BR/>I had a student, a basketball player, that couldn't write at all. I learned this from the first course he took with me at the beginning of his college career. The last course he took with me, I found that he had learned to "buy" his papers. He was recruited by a major university for basketball, full scholarship, but he couldn't read and write.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-81724586294420171542008-11-17T01:00:00.000-06:002008-11-17T01:00:00.000-06:00Hi Theresa or should I really say hello as I am a ...Hi Theresa or should I really say hello as I am a Brit? <BR/><BR/>Whatever, thank you so much for the post, funnily enough I wrote a post today on the new site about US/UK/AU English. All errors will be corrected with my rubber oops sorry my eraser! <BR/><BR/>Now seriously, I know we share many values on a few diverse topics and English seems to be one of them.<BR/><BR/>In the UK I was shocked and appalled at lack of basic English demonstrated by my college (High School) students. All of them were allegedly native English speakers and writers. But actually struggled to put two words together on some occasions.Mike Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12855751155187200700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-90548814974528605822008-11-17T00:09:00.000-06:002008-11-17T00:09:00.000-06:00Illiteracy is quite an issue, and it's still kept ...Illiteracy is quite an issue, and it's still kept under the rug for the most part. The Literacy Council is barely funded enough to operate and buy materials, so not much left to put into increasing awareness and reducing the stigma.<BR/><BR/>As for the kids, Paul, I don't know how you could handle seeing a 6th grade class flounder so badly. Ouch!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-89381429723292608472008-11-16T22:10:00.000-06:002008-11-16T22:10:00.000-06:00Even though I was born in the United States and ha...Even though I was born in the United States and have lived here all of my life, I do not speak English.<BR/><BR/>I speak eastern North Carolinian. :)<BR/><BR/>All joking aside, I am amazed at how so many people cannot read and write. In the past, I did some substitute teaching. One stint involved a 6th grade class for three weeks, due to an illness by their regular teacher.<BR/><BR/>I gave simple writing assignments and was appalled at what I read. Even worse, the kids did not put in much effort and did not seem to care.Paul Eilershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03443012393151401891noreply@blogger.com