Janitsu wrote:
Yeah sorry Sirell, didn't mean to be rude but for a Finn it sounds weird that the teacher only speaks the other language.
Here you have to be fluent in the native tongue (Finnish) and in the language you are teaching (Swedish/French/German/English/Russian primarily in Finland)
Here you have to be fluent in the native tongue (Finnish) and in the language you are teaching (Swedish/French/German/English/Russian primarily in Finland)
This seems weird to me too. An understanding of the native language could be really helpful when teaching a new one.
Searz wrote:
This seems weird to me too. An understanding of the native language could be really helpful when teaching a new one.
Well, it depends at what level the teaching is. If it's high school or university level, then there's no need for it because as was mentioned in this thread as well as what I saw during my time in China, the whole lesson is in English. I'm not even exaggerating, the two classes I attended was fully in English, and the only time I heard Mandarin was just chatter between the students. The students themselves were also more than capable understanding everything that was being said, so while it does sound odd, there really is no need for learning the local language. It's not even for linguistic based subjects either, there were Caucasian teachers at the school that did not know how to speak Mandarin other than incredibly basic, non-flowing phrases, and they were teaching just fine.
I got new glasses. For some reason the new prescription makes me feel way taller, which is really disturbing.
You need to log in before commenting.
can a person be a reason
who knows
#postfarming
#activity