tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170671078885569654.post6853533350172970616..comments2023-04-14T10:56:52.489+01:00Comments on Not A Textbook: Objectives: This week, I have been mostly learning French.Not A Textbookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15486419608884027262noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170671078885569654.post-43685395559853848332010-02-25T22:08:43.262+00:002010-02-25T22:08:43.262+00:00I'm a bit confused - do you mean to criticise ...I'm a bit confused - do you mean to criticise my English or have I got the wrong end of the stick?<br /><br />Of course each lesson should have a purpose or a clear, well-defined aim, but the extent to which these objectives are cloaked in jargon can grate, especially when we are being told to ensure that every child must be able to parrot the wording of the objective for fear of the teacher facing censure.<br /><br />As for a teacher complaining about inspection: that's par for the course!Not A Textbookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15486419608884027262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170671078885569654.post-28410233725817834402010-02-24T22:20:12.503+00:002010-02-24T22:20:12.503+00:00Well, okay, but don't get too locked in to the...Well, okay, but don't get too locked in to the teacher maffia. They are, after all, responsible for a whole generation of young people who thing the nominative is more gentile than any oblique case and I have to go around in the guise of the Grammar Police pointing out the error of their ways (as in Colin Firth was cast as George to lure we heterosexuals into the cinema to see a film we might otherwise not have seen).<br /><br />Not all that long ago I sat in a classroom meeting for parents to hear the teacher say, "Most lessons will be taken by Karen and I".<br /><br />When they have spent the week mostly learning English they can complain about inspection.Duchesshttp://www.duchessomnium.comnoreply@blogger.com