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Post by Prahok » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:20 am

The first heading has a full stop, the second does not.

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Post by Oldnews » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:57 am

Two hours of maths! Poor little kid!
What's the point in having native teachers if you get non- natives to write the text books?
Answers: Any way you look at it - money.
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Post by Prahok » Fri Jul 13, 2018 10:59 am

Oh, and "Examples" should be singular, not plural.
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Post by Lucky Lucan » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:32 am

Oldnews wrote: What's the point in having native teachers if you get non- natives to write the text books?
This book is for state schools which don't employ naive-English speakers.
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Post by Oldnews » Fri Jul 13, 2018 11:34 am

Lucky Lucan wrote:
Oldnews wrote: What's the point in having native teachers if you get non- natives to write the text books?
This book is for state schools which don't employ naive-English speakers.
That just kind of adds to my point, as Vietnam does. And are you really suggesting that the government shouldn't use native English writers for its English school text books?
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Post by Lucky Lucan » Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:46 pm

Oldnews wrote:
Lucky Lucan wrote:
Oldnews wrote: What's the point in having native teachers if you get non- natives to write the text books?
This book is for state schools which don't employ native-English speakers. (edited for "naive" typo)
That just kind of adds to my point, as Vietnam does. And are you really suggesting that the government shouldn't use native English writers for its English school text books?
Not at all, I'm just stating that the books will be taught by non-native speakers. The ministry generally only employs Cambodians. It would of course be a good idea to get a native-speaker who also knows about time-lines to edit the books.
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Post by ricecakes » Sat Jul 14, 2018 4:18 pm

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Post by v12 » Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:32 pm

Leaving out the "a" in "a quarter ...." is the first step towards pidgin English. To not give "bad examples" in speaking English, I try to avoid everything at the short-cut side.
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Post by violet » Mon Jul 16, 2018 8:17 pm

v12 wrote:Leaving out the "a" in "a quarter ...." is the first step towards pidgin English. To not give "bad examples" in speaking English, I try to avoid everything at the short-cut side.

Except it isn't deemed a shortcut in NZ.
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Post by kinard » Tue Jul 17, 2018 3:03 pm

violet wrote:
v12 wrote:Leaving out the "a" in "a quarter ...." is the first step towards pidgin English. To not give "bad examples" in speaking English, I try to avoid everything at the short-cut side.

Except it isn't deemed a shortcut in NZ.
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