Comments on: Li Yang and Crazy English: Crazy like a fox http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/li-yang-and-crazy-english-crazy-like-a-fox/ Japan from the inside out Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:32:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nikou http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/li-yang-and-crazy-english-crazy-like-a-fox/#comment-18275 Nikou Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:47:45 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=884#comment-18275 <i>If a foreign language is to be compared to an article of clothing, it more closely resembles a stage costume than a cloak because it allows the speaker to perform as someone else altogether.</i> Wow, Nicely said. Btw, I'm also an aspiring polygot, learning both Mandarin, Japanese, and Persian right now. I wrote my language progress on some posts on my blog <a href="http://theshanghaiexpat.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">TheShanghaiExpat</a>. NIKOU If a foreign language is to be compared to an article of clothing, it more closely resembles a stage costume than a cloak because it allows the speaker to perform as someone else altogether.

Wow, Nicely said. Btw, I’m also an aspiring polygot, learning both Mandarin, Japanese, and Persian right now.

I wrote my language progress on some posts on my blog TheShanghaiExpat.

NIKOU

]]> By: lee hsieh http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/li-yang-and-crazy-english-crazy-like-a-fox/#comment-16547 lee hsieh Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:58:29 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=884#comment-16547 Mr.Li Yang leads the crowds to shout like crazy. I can imagine his followers hearing their own voices. And I really doubt that the English language guru's crazy method is good for training listening skills. It would be very funny to see Mr.Li's Chinese students speaking crazy English to each other. The mob is shouting with the whole body, but is not expecting to be responded. When it comes to leaning English as a foreign language, nothing is more imortant than reading, if necessary reading aloud sometimes. Reading powers writing skills. Shouting does no harm to anybody. But shouting alone only makes sound without making much sense. Speaking is not equal to shouting. If somebody is shouting at you, you have to shout back. Anyway, you're just hearing voices. You aren't listening. Mr.Li Yang leads the crowds to shout like crazy. I can imagine his followers hearing their
own voices. And I really doubt that the English language guru’s crazy method is good for training listening skills. It would be very funny to see Mr.Li’s Chinese students speaking crazy English to each other. The mob is shouting with the whole body, but is not expecting to be responded.

When it comes to leaning English as a foreign language, nothing is more imortant than reading, if necessary reading aloud sometimes. Reading powers writing skills. Shouting does no harm to anybody.
But shouting alone only makes sound without making much sense. Speaking is not equal to shouting.
If somebody is shouting at you, you have to shout back. Anyway, you’re just hearing voices.
You aren’t listening.

]]> By: Crazy English comes to China « ChinainAfrica http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/li-yang-and-crazy-english-crazy-like-a-fox/#comment-14377 Crazy English comes to China « ChinainAfrica Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:31:36 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=884#comment-14377 [...] More than an English course, Crazy English appears to be a way of liberating millions of Chinese from centuries of cultural indoctrination and making available to them a world beyond their own. As noted in a post on Ampontan:  [...] [...] More than an English course, Crazy English appears to be a way of liberating millions of Chinese from centuries of cultural indoctrination and making available to them a world beyond their own. As noted in a post on Ampontan:  [...]

]]> By: Transpacifica » ‘Conquer English to Make China Stronger!’ http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/li-yang-and-crazy-english-crazy-like-a-fox/#comment-14368 Transpacifica » ‘Conquer English to Make China Stronger!’ Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:19:22 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=884#comment-14368 [...] points out that the media’s love for Li Yang’s instructional rallies and methods, called Crazy [...] [...] points out that the media’s love for Li Yang’s instructional rallies and methods, called Crazy [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Japan and China: Nationalistic Language Learning http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/04/27/li-yang-and-crazy-english-crazy-like-a-fox/#comment-14365 Global Voices Online » Japan and China: Nationalistic Language Learning Mon, 28 Apr 2008 04:45:37 +0000 http://ampontan.wordpress.com/?p=884#comment-14365 [...] noticed the nationalistic rhetorics in Li Yang's crazy English teaching approach. Posted by Oiwan Lam Share [...] [...] noticed the nationalistic rhetorics in Li Yang's crazy English teaching approach. Posted by Oiwan Lam Share [...]

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