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Nguyen
Senior Member
Vietnam
Joined 5092 days ago

109 posts - 195 votes 
Speaks: Vietnamese

 
 Message 25 of 26
30 June 2014 at 5:56am | IP Logged 
Jeffers wrote:
When I taught in India, I noticed this among some Indian students, but
especially among
ESL students from Korea. Their Korean was left at a childish level, I was told by an
adult Korean, but I can tell you that many of them ended school with pretty poor
English skills.

As for the Indian students, this is also due to the fact that a lot of English is
taught by people with pretty low English skills themselves. I accept, and love, that
there is "Indian English"; particular uses that are common in India. That is a
different thing. Signs abound for courses in "Advance English", which always makes me
chuckle.

However, if you speak even remotely as well as you write, Gemuse, then you are being
far too hard on yourself. I am now a teacher in England, and I can tell you that I
know many people, teens and adults, who could not manage to write as well as you.

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Nguyen
Senior Member
Vietnam
Joined 5092 days ago

109 posts - 195 votes 
Speaks: Vietnamese

 
 Message 26 of 26
30 June 2014 at 5:58am | IP Logged 
Jeffers wrote:
When I taught in India, I noticed this among some Indian students, but
especially among
ESL students from Korea. Their Korean was left at a childish level, I was told by an
adult Korean, but I can tell you that many of them ended school with pretty poor
English skills.

As for the Indian students, this is also due to the fact that a lot of English is
taught by people with pretty low English skills themselves. I accept, and love, that
there is "Indian English"; particular uses that are common in India. That is a
different thing. Signs abound for courses in "Advance English", which always makes me
chuckle.



However, if you speak even remotely as well as you write, Gemuse, then you are being
far too hard on yourself. I am now a teacher in England, and I can tell you that I
know many people, teens and adults, who could not manage to write as well as you.


It would appear As though Gamuse is a Native English Speaker given his profile?
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