sageonet on destinyeric 's blog Choosing a Foreign English teacher in China(38 comments)
Hey Destinyeric,,,the success rate for learning language in schools is about 10 percent,,,not just in china,,,,everywhere! Why? Because language is taught backwards in schools. Soooooo, if you go to school to learn how to teach language,,you are taught the same way as you learned,,,the wrong way. Welcome to the ... Full Comment>>
sageonet on news Why Isn't My Child Fluent Already? How Chinese Parents and Schools See Foreign Teachers(40 comments)
We could talk all day about the culture, and situations we find ourselves in, but the truth is,,kids shouldn't be taught reading, writing and speaking at the same time. We learn our first language at home,by copying our family members(or in your student mentioned in your articles case,,the nanny) Why did that work? ... Full Comment>>
sageonet on news Why Isn't My Child Fluent Already? How Chinese Parents and Schools See Foreign Teachers(40 comments)
you should really look at language research, unlike other subjects,,,learning to speak a language IS a compartmentalized process, using one part of the brain. Learning to read and write it are another subject,and use different parts of the brain. That's exactly why we learn language so easy at home as ... Full Comment>>