Barfly wrote:[quote="I think I've written about 5000 words in support of my position and they seem to read the first sentence and then completely misunderstanding me and then insulting me!
For such an expert you really must get your grammar sorted out. I certainly wouldn't want my child in your class![/quote]
Yeah, I doubt you could afford to put a kid in my school mate, so no worries there (hate to sound like a twat, but you sounded like one first.
I write quite a bit and the piece usually gets the proofing it deserves.
For my external studies in the Graduate Diploma through quite a prestigious university in the UK for instance, I would proof the final draft quite a few times before submission.
For K440, I never proof. No offence, but this is just a social website mate.
Grammar is something that would be abandoned as a discrete unit in junior high school in Western countries. It would be assumed prior knowledge by senior.
Funny how Teflers in general, from my point of view and in my opinion only, seem to hold grammar as the pinnacle of their vocational knowledge. I never taught it as a stand-alone after grade ten in Aus (and only when I couldn't avoid a literature class). The content is of far greater importance in Diploma studies than the grammar (usually weighted quite lowly, perhaps around 10-5%.
So matey, send your kid to a tefl college. We'll all be happy then!