![]() What are your thoughts on that? I don't work with these teachers but the Japanese teachers who have taught with them. ![]() In Japan, ther is a push to get away from the "I'm fine thank you" and some teachers (native speakers) are teaching: and wanted my student to say it that way for the lesson. Probably, the teacher was teaching I'm fine, thank you. I'm hoping and what I told my student was that it must have been a communication problem. I was just shocked because my student's teacher told her that people won't understand her in Canada if she says, "I'm great." I think it's really important for students to know different responses not only for them to use but also, what happens if they ask a native speak how they are and the reply is, "Not bad"? The students need to know that that means the same thing as OK or,dare i say, fine. After the habit is formed, it's a hard one to break, but if you see a group of kids enough, I think they can be taught to express themselves a bit more. I think that is the best time to really nip this bad habit in the bud. When I was teaching some first graders who had never formally studied English, I taught them a few different ways to respond like, I'm great, I'm OK, I'm fine and I'm Bad. It's funny, I was teaching at a high school a few weeks ago and I walked into a new class and asked everyone how they were doing? In unison, the repeated the aformentioned line as I moved my lips saying the same thing, like i could throw my voice. At this point I've resigned myself to this being a fact of life. I must add to this the response, " I'm fine, thank you.
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