Провокация (зачеркнуто). Эксперимент.
Устроила тут небольшой эксперимент. Послала линк про изучение английской грамматике знакомому, который преподает английский по Скайпу, и спросила, что он по этому поводу думает. А думает он следующее:
"I will keep this link for fun. It's a 100% Russian way of doing things: (1) Grammar first (the math approach) (2) Translation (of just about everything). The result of this East European approach is gruesome. You can see it from the Russian school statistics. Twenty years after perestroika things remain where they were.
I belong to a different group of linguists. I am the "Opposition", if you wanna put it this way.
Okay, now let me proceed to the point. I've recently got a 4th Grader -- a little girl whose interest in English fell below the ground zero. She has marched with the Russian school program for almost three (!) years. Same fucking grammar with the same amount of explanation in the native Russian language -- pretty much like on your video. She does NOT know what the following words mean: to say (he says), to ask, to answer, a question, people and ... the list of "uncharted territories" goes on and on. When I looked into her textbook exercises, I nearly puked. It was all about going to the zoo or to the circus. My student is eleven and she dates her boyfriend. No wonder why she is yawning during her lessons. She is bored. I addressed this "problem" with some modifications of my own: Ex:
Sally is not going to the zoo. She is getting married next week.
Sally says: "I've got enough of this nonsense".
The boys make a lot of noise in the classroom. Dara turns her head to them and yells: "Shut up, you maggots! I've had it with you!"
Molly's catering business runs very well. She's got everything under control.
Molly pays for the dinner with her credit card.
Sarah goes to a book store. She asks a salesman: "How much does this book cost?"
The sales assistant says:"This book costs twenty-eight dollars and ninety-five cents."
Sarah pays cash for the book and leaves the store.
Listen, my 4th Grader's eyes sparkle now. She also learned the basics of calculus: deduction, addition, division, multiplication, as well as fractions in ... just TWO WEEKS. She feels like "a man" now. Oh, here's some more of my Textbook stuff (from today's lesson, by the way):
Mona crawled under the table. Why? She is hiding from her creditors.
Sarah is not going to the circus. Her life is full of it. Almost all of her boyfriends were clowns.
The Red Riding Hood and the wolf got married and started their "Meals-On-Wheels" catering business for seniors.
Cinderella had too much wine at the party. She came home way after midnight wearing just one shoe.
I have funny pictures to support these statements, of course.
So, anyway, Valya, have a wonderful weekend."
"I will keep this link for fun. It's a 100% Russian way of doing things: (1) Grammar first (the math approach) (2) Translation (of just about everything). The result of this East European approach is gruesome. You can see it from the Russian school statistics. Twenty years after perestroika things remain where they were.
I belong to a different group of linguists. I am the "Opposition", if you wanna put it this way.
Okay, now let me proceed to the point. I've recently got a 4th Grader -- a little girl whose interest in English fell below the ground zero. She has marched with the Russian school program for almost three (!) years. Same fucking grammar with the same amount of explanation in the native Russian language -- pretty much like on your video. She does NOT know what the following words mean: to say (he says), to ask, to answer, a question, people and ... the list of "uncharted territories" goes on and on. When I looked into her textbook exercises, I nearly puked. It was all about going to the zoo or to the circus. My student is eleven and she dates her boyfriend. No wonder why she is yawning during her lessons. She is bored. I addressed this "problem" with some modifications of my own: Ex:
Sally is not going to the zoo. She is getting married next week.
Sally says: "I've got enough of this nonsense".
The boys make a lot of noise in the classroom. Dara turns her head to them and yells: "Shut up, you maggots! I've had it with you!"
Molly's catering business runs very well. She's got everything under control.
Molly pays for the dinner with her credit card.
Sarah goes to a book store. She asks a salesman: "How much does this book cost?"
The sales assistant says:"This book costs twenty-eight dollars and ninety-five cents."
Sarah pays cash for the book and leaves the store.
Listen, my 4th Grader's eyes sparkle now. She also learned the basics of calculus: deduction, addition, division, multiplication, as well as fractions in ... just TWO WEEKS. She feels like "a man" now. Oh, here's some more of my Textbook stuff (from today's lesson, by the way):
Mona crawled under the table. Why? She is hiding from her creditors.
Sarah is not going to the circus. Her life is full of it. Almost all of her boyfriends were clowns.
The Red Riding Hood and the wolf got married and started their "Meals-On-Wheels" catering business for seniors.
Cinderella had too much wine at the party. She came home way after midnight wearing just one shoe.
I have funny pictures to support these statements, of course.
So, anyway, Valya, have a wonderful weekend."