Friday, April 30, 2010

English Language Learner

Note To Self:

We're all learning English.  All of us.  We've even elected presidents who struggled with syntax and vocabulary.  You're no exception. You have a whole slew of participles that are dying slowly, dangling around waiting for their salvation.  So, can you go back to English as a second language instead? It might cost you something "professionally," but you weren't all that professional anyway.

Sincerely:
John

2 comments:

  1. You know why they dropped ESL label, right? Because many students already have two other language, and English may be their third or fourth...it gets interesting.

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  2. I tended to think about it less as "first" and "second" and more as "primary" or "secondary," meaning ESL would suggest English as a Secondary Language. Makes more sense to me than English as a Second Language.

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