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Date Posted: 10:57:07 09/26/04 Sun
Author: Deborah
Subject: Re: Task 2
In reply to: claudia 's message, "Re: Task 2" on 18:58:06 09/20/04 Mon

Hi, Cláudia! I have some suggestions for you. Firstly, I think you could mention the topics you're going to develop in the introductory paragraph, it seems more organized. Then, you forgot to put a title for your composition and a conclusion. When you say "... that are usually forced for their parents...", I think it is better put "forced by". And when you say: "Usually the adult public...", in my opinion is not necessary to put the article "the".
Deborah.

> Students’ dream of speaking a specific language in
>order to communicate is an expectation that they can
>hardly bear. They will spend a lot of money and time
>to do so, and you can sewer that they are trying
>really hard. Fluent students will appear along the
>way, but, in general, students’ efforts to learn such
>language can be very disappointing. According to
>student’s unpredictable attitudes when learning to
>speak a foreign language, four topics are worth
>treating here. Attitude toward ability. Some people do
>not have the ability to speak a foreign language and
>unfortunately this is a fact. It is very difficult for
>these people to produce sounds that they are not
>familiar with. Many times they get frustrated and the
>follow up is give to up the course. This problem can
>affect all ages that have already acquired a first
>language. Lack of interest. This problematic attitude
>most affects teenagers that are usually forced, for
>their parents, to take the course. In class, this
>public tends to speak their native language instead in
>order to push their teachers. They can drawn a whole
>semester and make a good teacher lose his/her temper.
>Shyness. This characteristic of people’s personality
>becomes a bad attitude when it is out of control,
>capable to ruin a good speaking activity. These
>students can write, interpret and read very well, but
>when it comes to the speaking matter, they become
>mummies, completely mute. Sometimes they graduate by
>the sake of their teacher’s common sense and pity.
>Afraid of making mistakes. Usually the adult public
>has this kind of attitude. They won’t speak because
>they are afraid of being exposed to the rest of the
>class for their mistakes. No matter the number of
>times their teachers tell them not to do so, they just
>keep doing it, which makes the little time to speak
>the language even more little.

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