http://bigonjapan.com/eikaiwa-student-stereotypes-the-mumbler/117.htm Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://bigonjapan.com/eikaiwa-student-stereotypes-the-mumbler/117.htm#comment-8331 Fri, 11 Jul 2008 19:26:58 +0000 http://bigonjapan.com/eikaiwa-student-stereotypes-the-mumbler/117.htm#comment-8331 I saw this a while ago and literally laughed out loud. I think one of the first things I asked you about when I started teaching was whether the rare shadowing behavior was normal. You assured me it wasn't, and thankfully you were right. Still disturbing though...I really get pissed with webcam delays. I can't handle it in person. I saw this a while ago and literally laughed out loud. I think one of the first things I asked you about when I started teaching was whether the rare shadowing behavior was normal. You assured me it wasn’t, and thankfully you were right. Still disturbing though…I really get pissed with webcam delays. I can’t handle it in person.

]]> http://bigonjapan.com/eikaiwa-student-stereotypes-the-mumbler/117.htm#comment-7926 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:14:59 +0000 http://bigonjapan.com/eikaiwa-student-stereotypes-the-mumbler/117.htm#comment-7926 yet another stereotype of eikaiwa student is a broken record, whose conversation only consists of "really?", "yes / yeah", and "im fine, thank you". as for "yeah", they do have some various tones.. like chinese peoples' vowels. these backchanneling makes us speak once again, and again and again if we have to keep the conversation going. hardwork. yet another stereotype of eikaiwa student is a broken record, whose conversation only consists of “really?”, “yes / yeah”, and “im fine, thank you”. as for “yeah”, they do have some various tones.. like chinese peoples’ vowels. these backchanneling makes us speak once again, and again and again if we have to keep the conversation going. hardwork.

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