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WhenIfirstcametoChina,IdidntrealizehowmuchEnglishthereis.Iwasamazed.IwouldneverguessthattheresthismuchEnglishhere.TheproblemistheresalotofbadEnglish.Sotohavesomebodylikeyou,withgrammarasgoodasyoureusingandwhatnot,thatsfantastic.Iwouldimaginethatshellbeafantasticteacherandshapethelivesofalotofpeoplethatwillgrowupanddofantasticthings.Soyouresomebodythatsvery,veryimportant.
Gwen
IhavetoberesponsiblebecauseIteachalotofpeople.
Mygoodness!LikeIsaid,I’veworkedwithsomanyteachersandsomanydifferentschoolsandthingslikethat.Itsnotthatwayoutthere.TheresalotofEnglishbeingtaught,butnotallofitisgood.
IcameherelikeMayofandIwasstayinginanapartment.Andwhenyougointheelevatorandtheelevatordoorscloseontheinside,therewouldbeastickerthatwouldsaythis“trustonbanin”.Anyideawhatthatmeans?
Gwen
No,Ihavenoidea.Whatisthat?
Itmeansdontleanonthedoors.NowifyoucanimaginehowyouwouldsaythatinChinese,becauseifyouleanonthedoorsandthedoorsopenup,yougoflyingoutoftheelevator,right?SoifyoucanimaginehowyouwouldsaythatinChinese,andthentakethoseChinesewordsandthenseehowyouwouldtranslatethemintoEnglish,thatsprobablywhatsomebodydid.Andtheycameupwith“trustonbanin”,whichdoesntmeananythinginEnglish.
Gwen
Therearesomemistakes,grammarmistakes,orwronglyusedwordsinpublic.ButI’venoticedthatithaschangedalot.Ithasturnedbetter.
Youjustremindedmeofsomethingelse.So“thisandthat”areusedforsingularthings,“theseandthose”forpluralthings,whichyoudidthatperfectly—theseyears.Butalotofstudentsgetthosemixedup.Obviously,theymixup“heandshe”,couldbetalkingaboutoneparticularperson.Andtenseisprettydifficultforalotofstudentsbecausetheygrewupwithalanguagewheretheverbdoesntchange.Youattachatimeindicationandaplaceindicationandthensaywhathappened.ButinEnglish,ourverbschange.
Gwen
Yeah,thatsonedifficultpartforChinesestudents.Heshe,weallsayTA.
Andthentheresthewholethingwithtones.AndIgetthefeelingthatsometimeswhenastudent,especiallysomebodythatsnotashighlevelasyou,butsomebodythatsrelativelynewtoEnglishmaybe,andevenanintermediatestudent,iftheylearnawordwithaparticulartone,maybeelectionorsomethingiftheylearnitwithaparticulartone.Andthatsthewaythattheylearnitifsomebodysaysitinadifferenttoneelection,itslike,what?Itsliketheydontunderstanditbecausetheyvelearneditwithaparticulartone.WithEnglish,ifIsayelection??orelection??,orelection??anditsstillelection,itdoesntchange.
Gwen
Thatsbecausetheylackoflistening.Theylistentoolittle.Sothreewordsforaday.Youmeanmakingsentencesoutofthem?
SolikelookupthethreewordsinanEnglishdictionaryorwhateveryoucan.Theresathingcalleddictionary.
