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A good portion of the Japanese English-education system is predicated upon a similar notion - proximity to English-speaking foreigners is sufficient to impart English speaking abilities upon the students.  No actual instruction or interaction is required.
by Zwackus on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 01:16:43 AM EST
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Memories of my time as an English teacher in Poland:

"Mark, we're having trouble with phrasal verbs"

Me: "Well I'll prepare a lesson on that" (to myself: WTF are phrasal verbs!?). The extra brilliance was that they paid me about fifty percent more than the excellent Polish English teachers they had - presumably actual knowledge of the subject and who needs teaching skills if you've got the right accent.

by MarekNYC on Mon Sep 1st, 2008 at 02:35:55 AM EST
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