tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316884372249589308.post5515367626780875779..comments2024-02-28T02:21:20.040-08:00Comments on Learning from my mistakes: an English teacher's blog: When will ... when will .. when will I be subtle? Xris32http://www.blogger.com/profile/12204550583061791755noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316884372249589308.post-13006842831252884452014-04-22T10:43:11.874-07:002014-04-22T10:43:11.874-07:00Thanks for sharing this idea - I was interested to...Thanks for sharing this idea - I was interested to see that your approach is similar to what I've been trying this past month. As a private tutor of English, I agree with you that students often find it hard to benchmark their work against the formal criteria provided on the SQA website (I'm in Scotland). However, if I give them an essay that someone else has written and ask what that person has done well or badly, the response is far more fruitful and insightful. It really does work!Square Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15229633140027528979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-316884372249589308.post-54415395731873044892014-04-21T22:49:47.861-07:002014-04-21T22:49:47.861-07:00Your plan sounds good, especially as its aim was t...Your plan sounds good, especially as its aim was to get your students achieve the desired result in writing letters. Students nowadays are more aggressive, and many of them don’t get why there is a need to change tones for every type of people they are communicating with. It will be a good study for them to learn how to write in different tones in letters. Tone is very important, as it could influence how the addressee would react or response to the communication. Overly aggressive tones, however, may result to aggressive response. This is why I really think that your plan is good and viable.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054518576878899640noreply@blogger.com