Language question..

**Bogon** · 02-06-2010, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by nidhogg

This is .........(blank space to fill in)................ They are my favourite teacher. They teach.......(blank to fill in).......

What if we are talking about conjoined twins or Zaphod (the bloke with 2 heads) Beeblebrox from Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy?
Actually forget it. Which ever way you look at it, the sentence is incorrect.

**jandajoy** · 02-06-2010, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by EssEffBee

BTW, Jandajoy, you still haven't explained why you think that Australians don't all speak with the same accent.

A specious argument.

In the same way that the people of England, USA, Switzerland etc etc don't have the same accents.

Do you know what an "accent" is?

Google is your friend.

**aging one** · 02-06-2010, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by nidhogg

This is .........(blank space to fill in)................ They are my favourite teacher. They teach.......(blank to fill in).......

Its fucked nid, all the advice here is not going to fix the problem of a Thai teacher "I assume" teaching English. I am hoping this is at the pratom level and in a private school. If it is I can help. In a government school, start thinking about how to get out.

It why after 20+ years of teaching here, I am at my wits end. Since every kid that walks in the school passes regardless of scores the teachers in general dont give a shit anymore. If they ever really cared.

If ya want drop me a pm, my twins are in Mor 2 now, and I have stories that could blow your mind. The only good thing about the shitty teachers, is finally now after 7 or 8 years of schooling the wife sees the education system here has gone to shit.

This is + singular. They Its fucked from there mate, as they sure as hell is not singular. No more dissection needed.

**EssEffBee** · 02-06-2010, 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by EssEffBee

BTW, Jandajoy, you still haven't explained why you think that Australians don't all speak with the same accent.

A specious argument.

In the same way that the people of England, USA, Switzerland etc etc don't have the same accents.

Do you know what an "accent" is?

Google is your friend.

Janda, you obviously know what an accent is but unfortunately don't know anything about the strength & diversity of accents.

Since I am an Australian & have travelled throughout Australia, I can assure you that there is hardly any difference between accents of the different states.

If one is an Australian, one may notice some accent differences...particularly in Victoria, South Australia & possibly Western Australia if one comes from New South Wales.

Of course, you may be mistaking 'accents' for 'slang', which is a totally different thing. I can easily lapse into 'slang mode' & speak like an Aussie yobbo.

I don't think that Australian EFL teachers would teach in 'slang mode'. Nor do I think that anybody would hire an Aussie yobbo as a teacher of English.

At the end of the day, Australia is the only country in the world that speaks the 'Queens English' without any 'major' accent differences, throughout it's states & territories.

**jandajoy** · 02-06-2010, 11:53 PM

Originally Posted by EssEffBee

At the end of the day, Australia is the only country in the world that speaks the 'Queens English' without any 'major' accent differences, throughout it's states & territories.

I don't know why I'm bothering as you obviously know very little about language.

However, in an attempt to help you out I'll give you two points of reference.

Read them if you wish.

Language and Identity in Australia

Received Pronunciation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

No need to apologise.

**jandajoy** · 03-06-2010, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by EssEffBee

If one is an Australian, one may notice some accent differences...particularly in Victoria, South Australia & possibly Western Australia if one comes from New South Wales.

Thank you.

**benbaaa** · 03-06-2010, 05:29 PM

In informal spoken English (like wot we speak every day) in would be quite natural to introduce two people by saying:

This is Somchai and Lamyai.

These are Somchai and Lamyai sounds weird.

Still need an 's' on teacher, though.

**somtam** · 05-06-2010, 05:49 PM

Don't think you need much formal training to spot this is rubbish. Good job you spotted it though.
'This' is a determiner for singular subjects and 'they' works for plural subjects. You can't mix them in the same way you can't mix beer and red bull.

They're trying to teach your son singular and plural determiners but clearly don't know the difference themselves. Often Thai teachers will churn out worksheets but then not want a native speaker to check them as it'd be a bit embarrassing if they'd got something wrong. Far better to confuse the hell out of your son, eh?

**EssEffBee** · 05-06-2010, 07:22 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by EssEffBee

If one is an Australian, one may notice some accent differences...particularly in Victoria, South Australia & possibly Western Australia if one comes from New South Wales.

Thank you.

In addition, if one is NOT an Australian (born & bred), one will not notice any discernible differences between the accents of Australians from different states or territories.

I don't know why you bother Janda. You are not an Australian so how would you know? Quotes from wiki mean nothing.

Again, Australia is the only country in the world that speaks the 'Queens English' without any 'major' accent differences, throughout it's states & territories.

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