http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/week-in-review-june-12 Global English and language change Fri, 18 May 2012 16:31:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/week-in-review-june-12/comment-page-1#comment-563 Jean Rowbottom Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:03:55 +0000 http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/?p=955#comment-563 The Steve Martin clip is hilarious - thanks for the hearty laugh. But what's wrong with the teacher - he said it well the first time! I teach English in Italy, and I've come to the conclusion over the years that "breaking down" in that way is useless. I like to do the opposite and get students to repeat the whole sentence with intonation and rhythm (very different from Italian). That's also hilarious at times - a good reason for using it in the classroom. The Steve Martin clip is hilarious – thanks for the hearty laugh. But what’s wrong with the teacher – he said it well the first time! I teach English in Italy, and I’ve come to the conclusion over the years that “breaking down” in that way is useless. I like to do the opposite and get students to repeat the whole sentence with intonation and rhythm (very different from Italian). That’s also hilarious at times – a good reason for using it in the classroom.

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