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  • andin,

    Lots of nice links and good music time to get my head out of books.

    Friday visions, the music connection has an -ologist and an ACDC clip.
    fucking strange... is the populace murdering each other in the streets?(making police life difficult and needing quelling). Is this how it goes for a few years?
    Can I be bored now.Or is it just the nuns behaving badly in mufti.

    raglan • Since Mar 2007 • 1891 posts Report Reply

  • Peter Darlington, in reply to Sacha,

    You're Nelson way, though, aren't you? Expect the local musical soup to be a bit different than Southland, say.

    It's near Nelson. A logging and farming town. :)

    Nelson • Since Nov 2006 • 949 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Sacha,

    Now I know how to torture you.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Simon Grigg,

    Dunno if it's been mentioned here before but The Weeknd's House of Balloons mixtape - gratis from their site - is pretty special in a kind of XX meets post R&B way - if that means anything (throwing words together to try and put a loose tag on it).

    Just another klong... • Since Nov 2006 • 3284 posts Report Reply

  • chris,

    Most of France movies are speaks French.

    I can’t figure out which is worse, the grammar or that this is a point the student deemed worthy of inclusion. For many a year I’ve wondered to what extent grammar of this ilk is taken into account when grading ze international students’ work.

    Mawkland • Since Jan 2010 • 1302 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Peter Darlington,

    logging and farming

    ah

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    Now I know how to torture you.

    what, Elton John wasn't enough?

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Andre Alessi, in reply to Geoff Lealand,

    Oh, Gawd! I am distracting myself whilst I mark student essays and I just read the following sentence (sic) Most of France movies are speaks French. Admittedly from an ESL student but bloody hell!

    A friend who works in tertiary education for a performing arts course once had an ESL student hand in an essay that had been translated in to English, 150 words at a time, by Babelfish. It was beyond incoherent.

    Devonport, New Zealand • Since Nov 2006 • 864 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Sacha,

    Obviously not. But seriously, I have a vision of the young men that some of you must have been, walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like. And can I just say? I would have smacked your arses - because I did sexist shit like that back then - and told you to smile.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    I have a vision of the young men that some of you must have been, walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like.

    There is only one response to that. Has anyone seen my trench coat and Karl Marx t-shirt?

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like

    eh? stereotype much

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to recordari,

    That is exactly what I mean. Morrissey? Please. You don't have to be miserable to be intelligent.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Sacha,

    tell me it wasn't true - I am woo woo

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to Peter Darlington,

    What is depressing is that most of his friends seem to like '80s power ballads (Bon Jovi, Poison etc...) and ACDC. WTF is up with that?

    Blame Radio Hauraki and the average NZ work place for that I reckon.

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Sacha, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    wasn't true

    wasn't

    Ak • Since May 2008 • 19745 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Sacha,

    Oh alright then. If you say so.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Sacha,

    walking around all slouchy and angsty and antidisestablishmentarian like

    eh? stereotype much

    It's only a stereotype if it isn't true, and in my case it pretty much was. Of course, with a smile on my face too, just to confuse people.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to recordari,

    Introduce your children to your music

    I tried introducing one of my boys to Bob Dylan, he wouldn't have a bar of it. One day I asked him if he could write down the lyrics to Black Diamond Bay for me as it was a song I wanted to add to my repertoire, this he duly did. A couple of years back we were chatting, he is in his late thirties now, and he told me that it opened his eyes to words and music, he is now a published poet. Cool eh?

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to recordari,

    So you were a happy slouchy angsty young man? Unheard of. I do love that image, though.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Steve Barnes, in reply to Jackie Clark,

    I would have smacked your arses - because I did sexist shit like that back then - and told you to smile.

    You still do Jackie, you still do.
    ;-)

    Peria • Since Dec 2006 • 5521 posts Report Reply

  • recordari, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    Cool eh?

    Very. One of mine is picking up the piano, and once she gets it off her foot (ba-doom tish) she is learning things like Simon & Garfunkel, along with the standard piano stuff.

    She also wants to play Black Eyed Peas, which ain't all bad. The other seems to want to sing High School Musical, but at least she's making her own words up.

    happy slouchy angsty young man?

    Yes, I was in fact a walking breathing oxymoron.

    AUCKLAND • Since Dec 2009 • 2607 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark, in reply to Steve Barnes,

    Only because you have a very sexy arse.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • 81stcolumn,

    Ooooh Motorhead - Finally the internet fairies have delivered this much needed mashup.

    Nawthshaw • Since Nov 2006 • 790 posts Report Reply

  • Christopher Dempsey,

    Oh, Gawd! I am distracting myself whilst I mark student essays and I just read the following sentence (sic) Most of France movies are speaks French. Admittedly from an ESL student but bloody hell!

    AND

    For many a year I’ve wondered to what extent grammar of this ilk is taken into account when grading ze international students’ work.

    Speaking from my experience; I used to mark on the basis that so long as I understood what they were saying, it was ok. I marked this way because the other staff did. Problem was I spent so much time trying to figure out exactly what students said that it did my head in. Then I would painstakingly correct their sentences which took up an enormous amount of marking time.

    So I stopped doing that and switched tatics. I tell the students about the on campus ESL resources available, and constantly encourage them to use it, and I tell the whole class that I take off (say) 2 marks for bad grammar (as I've found some NZ students have weak grasp of grammar). I also give a lesson or two in grammar (though I am not a grammarian, but I take my cues from this excellent book) to interested students (usually 2/3rds of the class).

    Then when marking I put a large red capital G in a circle, which means 'grammar', and I do not leave any notes, aside from the occassional red underline. For international students there are alot of G's.

    Saves me heaps of time, but interestingly enough that small mark deduction, which is the difference between C+ and B- say, tends to improve grammar. It's still not great, but the students really do seem to work hard on their grammar. It seems to make a difference for NZ students, and for International students.

    Parnell / Tamaki-Auckland… • Since Sep 2008 • 659 posts Report Reply

  • Christopher Dempsey,

    And deep apologies for not being a Friday Frivolity commentator...

    Parnell / Tamaki-Auckland… • Since Sep 2008 • 659 posts Report Reply

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