Comments on: Imaginary numbers http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/110 Crunky! This is a blog about an English teacher living in South Korea. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:28:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: daeguowl http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/110#comment-218 daeguowl Fri, 02 Jun 2006 13:04:36 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=110#comment-218 Actually my son who is just over three learnt to count from one to ten very easily. However, one you get above ten he can handle 13 and above but 11 and 12 are "oneteen" and "twoteen". Actually my son who is just over three learnt to count from one to ten very easily. However, one you get above ten he can handle 13 and above but 11 and 12 are “oneteen” and “twoteen”.

]]> By: torgodevil http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/110#comment-216 torgodevil Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:01:12 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=110#comment-216 Considering their age and level, this test was well within reason. One of my lower level (by age) classes said that only studying the numbers 1-20 was beneath them, and that they wanted to learn more. When I wrote all the numbers by tens up on the board, they wanted to know what the next set of place values were. We eventually went up to a million. If I wrote a number from anywhere in the range of 1 to 9,999,999, they could write it correctly. These are nine and ten year old students, two or three years younger than the class that made up the imaginary numbers. To ask students just a little bit older to study the same material, but less, seems reasonable to me. The difference between the two is that one class is driven to learn, while the other isn't focus and simply comes to class to have fun. Considering their age and level, this test was well within reason.

One of my lower level (by age) classes said that only studying the numbers 1-20 was beneath them, and that they wanted to learn more. When I wrote all the numbers by tens up on the board, they wanted to know what the next set of place values were. We eventually went up to a million. If I wrote a number from anywhere in the range of 1 to 9,999,999, they could write it correctly.

These are nine and ten year old students, two or three years younger than the class that made up the imaginary numbers. To ask students just a little bit older to study the same material, but less, seems reasonable to me. The difference between the two is that one class is driven to learn, while the other isn’t focus and simply comes to class to have fun.

]]> By: Eric http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/110#comment-215 Eric Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:26:28 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=110#comment-215 I like "onety". Much more consistent. And we wouldn't have to put up with "teen"agers anymore. Good deal all around. I like “onety”. Much more consistent. And we wouldn’t have to put up with “teen”agers anymore. Good deal all around.

]]> By: daeguowl http://blog.torgodevil.com/archives/110#comment-212 daeguowl Thu, 01 Jun 2006 18:27:51 +0000 http://www.torgodevil.com/?p=110#comment-212 I think you over-estimate your students. I know a whole bunch of english people who couldn't cope with that kind of test...... I think you over-estimate your students. I know a whole bunch of english people who couldn’t cope with that kind of test……

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