General Chat

Well said,Janet.

OMD's...you mean to tell me that when you guys were growing up no one swore

Julie, I think the reference was meant for the type of language they use,I/E the Fword seems quite common now.and others like it.**M**.

I txt all the time with the usual abbreviations but the difference is that when it is necessary to write a letter, it is important to try to spell correctly and use the correct grammar so that the intended message is understood by the recipient.
Whilst I am not standing in judgement on some of the messages on these boards it is difficult sometimes to understand the meaning of the message. This results in reading a post several times, trying to imagine if a comma should have been entered. This is why it is important that the teacher knows the exact way to form a sentence. Not every pupil will succeed in good English, just in the same way we can't all be plumbers or rocket scientists but the basics have been dispensed with over the years and now we are seeing the fruits of previous education theories. -JLe

I correct D lol, he has picked up from somewhere ,
" WHAT was..." he is now so used to me saying automatically " WHICH was ..." that he just corrects it himself before i can open my mouth lol ;)

Julie - I do not know what you are on about. I have not changed my post. Kitten apparently it is some of the youngsters who are affected by text spelling. All I know is luvu!!!!! To my gchildren - who are in their twenties

i text type all the time, doesnt mean i dont write properly when i have to,

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Sorry but hasn't what Rita wrote critising the way someone speaks

Quote: and she is shocked when we are out and hear's the way some of the children speak when we are on the bus. Unquote

I see you have changed your post now Chris

Julie - no one is critising accents but grammar and I assume the teachers are being taught written grammar as well as spoken - the two go together really - neither is separate.

Sorry i don't see a problem....a lot of people speak like that now

I don't pronounce a lot of words properly but i can assure you my children who are 13 & 10 know what im talking about & when i ask them to pass me the butta out the fridge they know im asking for butter

Oh yeah and they don't talk like me

Apparently there is a different language used whilst texting - that cannot help either.

As long as the teacher is doing their job properly its shouldn't matter how they speak

When i left school people used to say to me that it was me doing Lorraine Chases voice......But i didn't pick up my London accent from my Teachers it was how we all spoke where i lived

I agree !!! I have a 7, 11 and 13 year old and it drives me nuts. Lots of worksheets they bring home have questions spelt wrong etc. My 13 year old usually circles them with red and takes them back!!!-not very popular but satisfying!
Mayfield, you did made me laugh!-but how true.

Me teacher sez ain’t nuffink wrong wiv the way wot kids talk today it’s like expressing yerself know what I mean innit like!

(Expletives every second or third word are optional)


Mayfield. (grumpy old man!)

Ye Gods. Makes you wonder, doesn't it !!!
I can only hope that those who are in need of this help with their grammar are not currently employed as English teachers.



K

A school in the South I think it is, is bringing in help to teach the teachers how to use correct grammar. What in the name of all that is holy is going on?