Comments on: English Craze in China : Documentary – Mad About English http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/ A different look at Chinese cultures - China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:25:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jill http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-85115 jill Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:41:35 +0000 http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-85115 its funny because the rest of the world is convinced we'll be forced to speak in chinese in the near future. its funny because the rest of the world is convinced we'll be forced to speak in chinese in the near future.

]]> By: Mad About English | Deivis D. Pothin http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-82035 Mad About English | Deivis D. Pothin Tue, 19 Aug 2008 10:37:28 +0000 http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-82035 [...] Ps. You can watch another part of the documentary here. [...] [...] Ps. You can watch another part of the documentary here. [...]

]]> By: cat http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-82025 cat Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:55:44 +0000 http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-82025 That's no problem. You will find I am even more direct and aggressive sometimes, even among Israelis. That’s no problem. You will find I am even more direct and aggressive sometimes, even among Israelis.

]]> By: fiLi http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-81985 fiLi Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:42:02 +0000 http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-81985 cat - It's not important. It's just a feeling and since you asked... :P Your comments and our dialog are always welcome here. I hope you didn't feel anything otherwise. Us Israelis sometimes sin in being overly direct and sounding a bit aggressive ;) cat – It’s not important. It’s just a feeling and since you asked… :P

Your comments and our dialog are always welcome here. I hope you didn’t feel anything otherwise. Us Israelis sometimes sin in being overly direct and sounding a bit aggressive ;)

]]> By: cat http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-81983 cat Wed, 13 Aug 2008 22:53:48 +0000 http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-81983 Take it easy, fili. Is it important whether I am an Israeli or not? I am not hostile to you; I even don't intend to dispute with you or anyone else. What I am trying to do is just to point out mistakes and improprieties, if there are any, and give out facts. It has nothing to do with personal likes or dislikes. Take it easy, fili. Is it important whether I am an Israeli or not?
I am not hostile to you; I even don’t intend to dispute with you or anyone else. What I am trying to do is just to point out mistakes and improprieties, if there are any, and give out facts. It has nothing to do with personal likes or dislikes.

]]> By: fiLi http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-81968 fiLi Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:10:07 +0000 http://www.filination.com/blog/2008/08/07/english-craze-in-china-documentary-mad-about-english/#comment-81968 Cat - and you wonder why I don't think you're Israeli... I wasn't trying to suggest all Chinese or all those studying English in China are fascists or nationalists, but what I was trying to suggest is that some of the methods presented are extreme. I have no problem with anybody calling paradise "army training camp" as long as it's not an army training camp. What that 11 years old girl went through in her English training camp is more than I had to deal with in the Israeli officers course in Bahad-1. I have no problem with loving your country and wanting to study English, but shouting out repeating motivational nationalist slogans with thousands of highly passionate others in an English class strikes me as something special. I'm not judging them, I'm not saying they're fascists, I'm not even sure they're nationalists. That last remark was sarcasm actually suggesting that I do - in a way - sympathize with their passion for trying to learn a new language. If anything, what I am trying to do is understand more about how things work and who the Chinese really are. Cat – and you wonder why I don’t think you’re Israeli…

I wasn’t trying to suggest all Chinese or all those studying English in China are fascists or nationalists, but what I was trying to suggest is that some of the methods presented are extreme.

I have no problem with anybody calling paradise “army training camp” as long as it’s not an army training camp. What that 11 years old girl went through in her English training camp is more than I had to deal with in the Israeli officers course in Bahad-1.
I have no problem with loving your country and wanting to study English, but shouting out repeating motivational nationalist slogans with thousands of highly passionate others in an English class strikes me as something special.

I’m not judging them, I’m not saying they’re fascists, I’m not even sure they’re nationalists. That last remark was sarcasm actually suggesting that I do – in a way – sympathize with their passion for trying to learn a new language.

If anything, what I am trying to do is understand more about how things work and who the Chinese really are.

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