I enjoy teaching English

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by Nguyen Tuyet

Reading is my favorite, so as a habbit I spend atleast 2 hours on reading. I often read all of the newspapers as well as magazines as long as they are written in english. besides it I also listen to BBC news and VOA stansard too. And I really find that by practising like that I can help my students in pronunciation. Sure, sometimes I check dictionary to find how the words pronunce. and ofcourse to help students speak these words correctly. As you know we are not native speakers so learning english as a second language required alot of practices.

Do you think native speakers don't make mistakes in their speech? If yes, you are mistaken. They do and very often. So not only foreigners but also native speakers have to brush up their English from time to time.

[Tdol]

Native speakers also make mistakes in their writing.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by Tdol

Native speakers also make mistakes in their writing.

They not only make mistakes but also they can't explain why they write this way or that way. I mean they don't know the grammar of their language. Concequently there are mistakes in their writing. A lot of native speakers work in Moscow. They don't teach English grammar. They develop students in speaking and do it rather well, I must say.

[Nguyen Tuyet]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

Do you think native speakers don't make mistakes in their speech? If yes, you are mistaken. They do and very often. So not only foreigners but also native speakers have to brush up their English from time to time.

It is obviously that you are right. Even my mother tongue, some of my students always get wrong in spelling. Misunderstand between L and N. So to learn any language needs alot of practices and spend much time.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by Nguyen Tuyet

It is obviously that you are right. Even my mother tongue, some of my students always get wrong in spelling. Misunderstand between L and N. So to learn any language needs alot of practices and spend much time.

Is the spelling of your mother tongue easy? For example the spelling of English isn't easy at all. That's why even native speakers make mistakes. For me it's very important to find ways out of this situation.

[Nguyen Tuyet]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

Is the spelling of your mother tongue easy? For example the spelling of English isn't easy at all. That's why even native speakers make mistakes. For me it's very important to find ways out of this situation.

I think my mother toungue is not really easy. It only easy when you got a basic grammar and you have to come through a period of study.if not, you will get mistake easily even when you are older. And I agree with you that some mistake in english is not strange.

[Harry Smith]

I wonder how many mistakes english students make in their dictations.

[Harry Smith]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

I wonder how many mistakes english students make in their dictations.

If there is no answer it means they make a lot of mistakes as everybody makes in his or her native language.
Now I really enjoy teaching English. I have my personal site and my students can visit it and I hope it'll help them improve their English.

[Tdol]

What's the URL?

[meylenlau]

Originally Posted by Harry Smith

Teaching English is very interesting but it's more intersting learning English. I mean we teachers have been working for many years and we never stop learning ourselves. While teaching we find something new, something more intersting. So when we stop teaching we stop learning. But when we stop learning we just cant teach any more. Such is the process of teaching....

Harry,
You still can carry on teaching via forums, right? Go on.Many need your teaching.