arrrgggggg was: Re: [lbo-talk] The Zuiikin girls

[JC Helary]

> WHILE most americans do not apply themselves seriously
> to studying a foreign language, WHEN THEY DO they
> usually succeed in being able to communicate.  ALMOST
> ALL Taiwanese "study" english and work very hard at
> "studying" English, and despite years of grinding
> effort and strong desire to learn, usually fail.

Do you have any study to support your claims ?


> I suggest that this extremely high rate of failure can
> be ascribed to the incredible sucktastickness of ESL
> programs in taiwanese schools.

No, only to the goals set by the educational system. Which in a lot of 
places does not include "communicate", but rather "pass the exams" with 
easy to score exam sheets.

JC Helary