Comments on: Worse than I thought- but with a ray of hope http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/worse-than-i-thought-but-with-a-ray-of-hope/ Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:50:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alex Case http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/worse-than-i-thought-but-with-a-ray-of-hope/#comment-1197 Alex Case Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:02:55 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/archives/180#comment-1197 I find your argument a little oversimplified. Maybe people who don't want to learn trig, capital cities of the world, classical literature etc. shouldn't have to study those either. Doesn't leave much of a syllabus... I find your argument a little oversimplified. Maybe people who don’t want to learn trig, capital cities of the world, classical literature etc. shouldn’t have to study those either. Doesn’t leave much of a syllabus…

]]> By: Ben Thirlway http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/worse-than-i-thought-but-with-a-ray-of-hope/#comment-1190 Ben Thirlway Wed, 03 Oct 2007 02:44:31 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/archives/180#comment-1190 I don't know why there has to be "hope" in this situation. These are Japanese students in Japan - why must they all be able to speak English? Most of them will probably never need it. As in China, Japan should direct its resources towards producing a good few, rather than a mediocre many. And those who don't want English shouldn't be forced to study it. I don’t know why there has to be “hope” in this situation. These are Japanese students in Japan - why must they all be able to speak English? Most of them will probably never need it.

As in China, Japan should direct its resources towards producing a good few, rather than a mediocre many. And those who don’t want English shouldn’t be forced to study it.

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