Salsita Says conversation hour - RSS and Internet censorship

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Do camels belong in the English Language classroom? Photo by Ling Markstein

Class topics at the last conversation hour ranged from camel riding, to Internet censorship by governments (most recently the Chinese government’s censorship of You Tube) and how to use RSS. The class culminated in a very interesting debate about culture, religion and whether or not some religious or social customs can intefere with a person’s access and approach to education.

Do religious and/or social customs affect access to education? Photo by Ling Markstein

Along the way we talked about the difference between the words ‘presume’ and ‘assume’ and I was cheekily told that whenever a teacher says, “that’s a good question”, it means that they don’t know the answer and are going to come out with some “lame” explanation.

Instead of giving an explanation I am going to give an  example sentences of each word. Then I shall leave my students to try and work out the difference and put their answers in the comments. How ‘lame‘ is that?

I presume that Ahmed will probably fall asleep at his computer sometime this week.

If I don’t go to the party, people will assume that I am being rude.

If I don’t give the answers my students might assume that I am being lazy

Don’t forget to write the definitions of any new words you learned in class or from reading this blog in the comments.

That’s all from conversation hour for this week. English learners from all over the world can participate in these converations. All they need to do is subscribe to Languagelab.com. If you don’t have time to attend, you are always welcome to leave your opinions and questions in the comments.