I taught a course at the local uni entitled The Power of Practical English. It
was fun in a way - I kept applying it to our everyday lives - like Feature
Articles, Speeches, Letters to the Editor, etc. Good hands-on stuff!
Andrew
Quoting Roger Day <[log in to unmask]>:
> In my day English For Techies was part of "Liberal Studies". I was
> studying Navigation for my 3rd Mates exam it's probably no surprise
> that English was rostered alongside STD-awareness lessons. Given this,
> http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/1129sex-study29-ON.html, it
> seems they were probably teaching the wrong people!
>
> The standard of English I was taught then wouldn't strain anyone on
> this list. Anyone with the ability to put together a coherent
> sentence, let alone use their imagination or know words of more than 3
> syllables, was regarded as slightly freakish.
>
> Roger
>
> On 12/3/05, Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > those NYT op ed editor bastards. i miss bob herbert!
> >
> > yes, ken, you should become again a writer of stuff for the engineers for
> whom college courses in english are entitled "English for the real world."
> it oughta pay well, and would be less a strain than massage---or the combo of
> the two sounds MAHvelous!!!!! oodles and oodles of money flowing into your
> coffers----yes!!!!!
>
>
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> http://www.cb1poetry.org.uk/
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