Wednesday 3 March 2010

STARTING 2nd SEMESTER

Welcome to the 2nd semester with our Class Blog.
This semester you can also continue commenting on different posts.
However, and this is VERY IMPORTANT, YOU CAN ONLY WORK THROUGHOUT THE SEMESTER. Comments posted in the last week for all the tasks will not be accepted!

So, try to do your best to be in time with the tasks!
And to break the ice, here is a short video:



Guess what's the problem? Do you know some similar examples in the English language?

18 comments:

  1. I think the problem is comunication.In the video with the coast guard it is a big problem if he does`t understand english because in his position he can save people lives.He must know an international language to be able to work in that job.It should be an essential request comming from the enployer for the people applying for this job,to know an international language,at least,at conversational level .

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  2. Yes, Andreea, this is a general problem
    But what exactly was the problem in this conversation?

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  4. My opinion about the problem is focused on the accent. In every part of the world you can hear english and people speak it with a different accent. For example, most of the german people can't pronounce "th", especially when they say the word "think".

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  5. Rare, do you think the fact that people cannot pronounce "th" matters? Think a little.

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  6. I do agree with andreucia87, the person in this video should work more on pronunciation.

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  7. i think he is confunding sinking with singing

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  8. I think the general problem in this video covers pronunciations, lack of english exercices

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  9. the person in this video should work more on pronunciation.

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  10. The main problem in the video is that the coast guard officer doesn't have the proper English to hold a conversation. It's not about pronunciation. It's about not knowing the language and not knowing the difference between sinking and singing!

    P.S Extremely funny video!

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  11. the person in this video should work more on pronunciation.OR he's making the Other guy's duty.

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  12. The major problem of this guy,is his English communication level,he can't work in a place, where he needs to know English. It's a very funny video...but it's showing the reality, about what can happen..

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  13. I think that the problem includes also the level of English of spoker and also the pronunciation. It is important to have good pronunciation and not so important accent which deffers a lot from person to person

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  14. That's why it is important to hold an interview before taking somebody on. You can test that person. A coastguard must speak several languages. Such an error can cause the death of many people. It is true, may can happen, that the connection is bad and so instead of sinking the coast guard hears thinking, but after repeating several times he must realize what is happening. Such an error is unacceptable at a public institution.

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  15. I think the problem is that he can't speak properly in English.I think he should develop his knowledge and to work on the pronunciation.

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  16. In my opinion the main problem isn’t that the coast guard officer has a problem with the pronunciation. The coast guard officer is just unable to hold a conversation in English because he doesn’t have the proper english.

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  17. I think the problem is that the coast guard officer can't pronunce correctly the "th" and "s".He have to work on the pronunciation and to be careful what said the person who needs help.

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  18. Congratulations Raul,
    this is the problem and it makes a life/death difference: thinking or sinking!

    Teacher

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