Amazing..and after all this years!
Do you know something? We should watch more TV to learn English. Or at least by doing so, allows the students to improve in those subjects.
Wow...I mean like, what have I been doing all these years?
Hiazz...if only that were true. I know this is going to embarass (in cyberspace at least) the DG. But alas there is serious flaw in the CDC's recommendation. I mean, the newspaper report didn't even cite a journal, nor a study or some kind of substantiated reasoning (argument) to show that watching TV actually helps improve English in general (not to mention in Mathematics and Science). All the newspaper reported was that CDC recommends this, CDC recommends that...
I mean I do watch TV. But I also know that those who have a good command of English read a lot. It is doubtful that TV contributes much to their command of English. I mean like, although the TV programme may be in English, does that automatically mean that the student's language command will improve? Does the broadcasted media interact with the student in the same way with that of the printed media? I don't think so. I watch plenty of Cantonese serials; my Cantonese still is in a rut.
I wonder whether the CDC is saying something to be popular or actually have something substantial to say.
Wow...I mean like, what have I been doing all these years?
Hiazz...if only that were true. I know this is going to embarass (in cyberspace at least) the DG. But alas there is serious flaw in the CDC's recommendation. I mean, the newspaper report didn't even cite a journal, nor a study or some kind of substantiated reasoning (argument) to show that watching TV actually helps improve English in general (not to mention in Mathematics and Science). All the newspaper reported was that CDC recommends this, CDC recommends that...
I mean I do watch TV. But I also know that those who have a good command of English read a lot. It is doubtful that TV contributes much to their command of English. I mean like, although the TV programme may be in English, does that automatically mean that the student's language command will improve? Does the broadcasted media interact with the student in the same way with that of the printed media? I don't think so. I watch plenty of Cantonese serials; my Cantonese still is in a rut.
I wonder whether the CDC is saying something to be popular or actually have something substantial to say.
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