tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post6089211869110579068..comments2023-05-22T03:04:42.242-05:00Comments on Dame Eleanor Hull: VocabularyDame Eleanor Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-23131309316669148712011-12-13T10:37:07.771-06:002011-12-13T10:37:07.771-06:00Hope you feel better soon!
ps: "Arse" k...Hope you feel better soon!<br /><br />ps: "Arse" keeps coming out as "ears." = Maybe they're shy? ;)Inkhttp://inktopia20.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-18370048237829205322011-12-11T22:57:15.350-06:002011-12-11T22:57:15.350-06:00Exactly. That divide is driving me round the bend...Exactly. That divide is driving me round the bend, because I feel I'm cheating both groups. I could do a good job with the poor readers and a great job with the better ones, if I just had a full class of one or the other type.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7188858439852729115.post-28689137418584236352011-12-11T22:51:03.814-06:002011-12-11T22:51:03.814-06:00I have found I tend to get two types in the Chauce...I have found I tend to get two types in the Chaucer to Shakespeare course I've been teaching. There are those who are taking it as a 'compulsory' pre-20th century paper, who often don't read much, who aren't majoring in English, or who really should be elsewhere (perhaps English language classes - even those from allegedly-English-speaking backgrounds). Then there are those who read avidly (for some reason, often fantasy and sci-fi), have a decent vocabulary, and ask why they have to translate Chaucer when it's perfectly obvious what it means. (Though they do, eventually, realise the gap between his English and theirs.)<br /><br />It's frustrating having these two groups in the same class, as one needs much more basic help, while the other could be pushed into more complex thinking.zcat_abroadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07768195593099574501noreply@blogger.com