TGIF: Epic translation fail June 15, 2012
Posted by Jill (@bonnjill) in Fun stuff, TGIF.trackback
I’m glad there are no videos of me teaching German out there. This poor woman…
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I’m glad there are no videos of me teaching German out there. This poor woman…
Have a good weekend, everyone!
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Not so much an epic translation fail, as one of several common Korean pronunciation difficulties 😉
“This poor woman…”
So good of you to spread the word about her…
It’s called a “viral video.” If it’s on Facebook it means I am most certainly not the only one sharing it.
I know. That’s how “viral” works. Individuals spreading the word. One by one.
It’s not just this poor woman… soon, there’ll be some students roaming the world asking for *****. 😀
Oh well, don’t we Americans who learn German say the weather is “schwul” (homosexual) when we mean “schwül” (hot and humid)? Epic vowel inability…
Absolutely. I remember that being a huge giggle-inducer among the cretins in my high school German class.
Of course, as students we are learning, therefore we can make mistakes, while the teachers monitor and facilitate our learning process. Teachers are exemplary role models. I hope, for the students’ sake, that someone informed this lady she needed more continuing education classes.
If she would say “a Coke” that would at least make it grammatically correct and not as questionable…
She’s a poor english teacher. She sounded like a Korean.
When teaching ESL, I think it’s so important to stress English phonics rules and focus more practice on English sounds and the way they are articulated. Since there are tremendous phonological differences between some languages and English, effective teachers should aim to attain proficiency in phonics and grammar (just to name a few areas) in order to excel at teaching their students proper English.
its funny and of course some guy made this http://youtu.be/aW6BLNACAbU . Bad to be her.