.:Pure English. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages:.

[pure_turquoise]

If you can speak Chinese and are able to find anyone who is interested in it, so why not? Create a topic, open a discussion and you'll find out.

[KaterinaZ]

If you can speak Chinese and will be able to find anyone who is interested in it, so why not? Create a topic, open a discussion and you'll find out.

i just tried to make a joke, wasn't funny... nevermind... forget it

[pure_turquoise]

Oh, a persistent joke.

I see.

[MYRTILLE]

Извините, меня заинтриговало слово "persistant"...Нашла только "persistent". Это просто опечатка или мне ещё поискать?

[KaterinaZ]

Oh, a persistant joke.

I see.

a persistant joke? what is that supposed to mean?

[MYRTILLE]

Maybe (about your joke) "персистирующая", "неопадающая" или "перманентная"

[KaterinaZ]

Maybe (about your joke) "персистирующая", "неопадающая" или "перманентная"

yeah... but I didn't persist or insist on anything... well... anyway... not important

[pure_turquoise]

Извините, меня заинтриговало слово "persistant"...Нашла только "persistent". Это просто опечатка или мне ещё поискать?

Так уж прямо и "заинтриговала". В данном случае конечно опечатка

Such word exists, though.
For instance, persistant oscillation - незатухающие колебания (polytechnical dictionary).

Вероятно, мое техническое образование навеяло эти воспоминания. I didn't think it was that deep inside of me.
Спасибо,что так внимательно меня читаете.

a persistant joke? what is that supposed to mean?

Never mind

[KaterinaZ]

For instance, persistant oscillation - незатухающие колебания (polytechnical dictionary).

Вероятно, мое техническое образование навеяло эти воспоминания. I didn't think it was that deep inside of me.

and that does remind me of ABBYY Lingvo)))

[pure_turquoise]

Why not? It's among the dictionaries I use. Not the best one for me, though.

[KaterinaZ]

Why not? It's among the dictionaries I use. Not the best one for me, though.

agreed, not the best one, but still good)

[pure_turquoise]

Once I found 4 variants for the business expression "оборотные средства" - circulating assets, floating assets, floating funds, turnover means, but none of these really works. Actually, the term 'working capital' is widely used.

That wasn't the only case after which I became more careful with Lingvo.

[KaterinaZ]

Once I found 4 variants for the business expression "оборотные средства" - circulating assets, floating assets, floating funds, turnover means, but none of these really works. Actually, the term 'working capital' is widely used.

That wasn't the only case after which I became more careful with Lingvo.

yeah.. well, you gotta be flexible with translations and dictionaries

[pure_turquoise]

In case you have enough time.
Giving online lessons I should be fast too. It usually takes seconds to decide.

[KaterinaZ]

In case you have enough time.
Giving online lessons I should be fast too. It usually takes seconds to decide.

as far as i understand you teach adults, so why not involve a student into the word or phrase research, that can be useful...

[pure_turquoise]

Online - yes, can't imagine teaching kids like that for now. But who knows.

As for the word search I agree, it takes place most of the time but haven't you seen lazy adult students? Some of them need a babysitter more than a teacher. (kidding)
Or sometimes the word appears just like that during the communication and is needed to be translated the same minute, not as a part of active vocabulary, you know.

[KaterinaZ]

lazy adults? ))))) all the time!!! I'm one of them!)))))))

Ok... so, what's your solution?

[pure_turquoise]

Every person can be lazy to some extent.
Days of laziness occur in my life too. This usually happens before/after preparing and doing some extremely hard or major lesson presentations.

Students can sometimes become lazy because they are bored with the task, when the exercise is too easy or too difficult. Dwelling upon grammar makes their life terrible.
They should have more fun doing the right things even studying grammar items and issues.
However, if a student is pathologically lazy, always having ready-made excuses, even a magician won't be able to cope with that. Group work is the worst sort of education for such students, only personal lessons might lead to success, but not necessarily. Motivation is the main key to success.

[English Teacher]

i just tried to make a joke, wasn't funny... nevermind... forget it

Sorry, it was MY joke. And thanks for your keeping me company. Now seriously. Would anybody like to discuss on the subject “Dead men: who are they”?

[pure_turquoise]

Personally I'm not really into it, but what actually do you mean?