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(English) respect = (Malay) hormat?
Let’s look at the English concepts of ‘respect’ and ‘respecting other people’ and the Malay concepts of hormat and menghormati. In terms of etymology the English concept of ‘respect’ is derived from...
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not teaching, just pointing the path
My dojo for English coaching https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/s217-not-teaching-just-pointing-the-path.mp3 Since I’ve already mentioned that I’m teaching English to Japanese students,...
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Blind to (some) sounds to see meaning
Red or alive? Significant contrast and insignificant differences https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/197-the-concept-of-difference.mp3 If you have studied phonology, I assume that you are...
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Collocations: ASPs in language use
Is there an atom-like matroshka for meanings? (Source: Wikipedia) https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/207-collocations-as-asps.mp3 This is about Automatic Subconscious Procedures...
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English composition homework
Lost in contemplation A Play A park with no trees. Stairs leading to an underground passage; on the left a door, on the right another one. On the wall facing the stairs, an inscription: “Here lies” –...
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train of thought
Lava cutting a trail in Hawaii http://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/57-train-of-thought.mp3 Many times the train of thought starts off and it all becomes a blur. Do you know this expression,...
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If I were somebody else, I would do something else.
http://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/139-teaching-the-subjunctive.mp3 In every English language lesson, we run at some point into the question of how we explain the subjunctive [a.k.a. the...
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to be or not to be afraid of being
In language [and life] there are only differences https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/184-contrast-generating-meaning.mp3 When we talk about human actions (including speech patterns) in...
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Being shy of doing bad things
Mom, Dad, don’t smoke! https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/232-being-shy-of-doing-the-wrong-thing.mp3 As an English teacher I am called upon to explain a concept like shy & later I...
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being or riding on a train
Riding on the train between Four-Trees (四ツ木 Yotsu-gi) and Standing-Stone (立石 Tate-ishi) https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/210-being-and-riding-on-a-train.mp3 As a teacher there are times...
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wished-for-Worlds
https://kaizenideas.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/311-wishing-as-a-key.mp3 The Awakened Ones have shown that it is unrealistic (though human) to engage in wishful thinking I wish it were easier to...
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