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Jamie Oliver programme exposes shocking abuse of English language
An extended television special on poultry farming in Britain has exposed the shocking abuse meted out to the English language by television presenter Jamie Oliver.
‘It was horrible’ wept one unwitting witness who had been duped into thinking they were just taking part in an everyday expose about farm animals. We had to just sit there and witness the brutal murder of the language of Shakespeare and Milton’.
‘Alright darlin’’ chirped Jamie ‘What we is doin’ right, is showin’ yers that there ain’t no reason why dem birds should have what’s happenin’ like at the moment, not never, know what I mean Sweetheart?’
Well-dressed diners winced as they were forced to listen to a mockney accent mincing up words and systematically murdering traditional sentence construction. ‘I had no idea this still happened,’ said Jennifer Myers who was a member of the studio audience on the night. ‘These sentences are being deprived of their natural verb endings. Nouns are systematically deprived from definite and indefinite articles, grotesque double negatives are being artificially produced and infinitives are being split at birth.’
Channel 4 defended the shocking programme saying that it had warned viewers beforehand that they may find some sounds offensive. But it was necessary to show this abuse of English at first hand in the hope that the laws of grammar might be finally enforced. But Jamie Oliver was unrepentant; ‘Wha’ever Sweet Pea! We warned dem folks they might find it upsettin’ and that, we weren’t wrong darlin’. I say old bean, is that dashed microphone switched off now, what what?’
March 26, 2008
An article I came across in the Guardian about ‘learning English in Korea’.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,,2255871,00.html
What’s your opinion on this? Is it an accurate description of what is going on? How would this affect you and your future plans?
March 15, 2008
A topic relevant to your IELTS test and to you in person. I would be very interested in finding out what your views are on this. Please share.
http://education.guardian.co.uk/tefl/story/0,,2263479,00.html
March 15, 2008
Can you read this?
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too!
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
March 13, 2008
Hi guys,
Welcome to your class blog where you can find lots of useful links. Feel free to write on this blog when you are at home or anytime you are not in class if there are any questions or comments you have. You may even want to try out the other tasks which I did with previous IELTS classes.
This is your first day on the course so I would like you to do a mini task. Please write down what you expect from this course, what your future plans are after the course, why you need the IELTS and what score you need, IELTS score you have got in the past, any feelings- positive or negative including any fears which you may have and what you think your strengths and weaknesses are in your English.
Thanks. Look forward to seeing your comments.
March 9, 2008
What are international companies’ policies on sustainability?
Post your research here please IELTS class.
November 20, 2007
Post your statements with your views in the comments section please. Once you have done this, read each other’s pieces and reply to at least 3 different people saying whether you agree or disagree. Please say who you are responding to at the beginning of your reply. Happy posting!! 
Replies from other classes are welcome.
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