I believe that by comparing the language cassette tapes used to teach English 1 and Kreyol 1 a very good point can be made. – and while I’m not exactly sure what this point is… I do know that it’s quite obvious which educational recording is more entertaining.
English 1
Track 1:
Male: “Good Morning.”
Female: “Hi”
Male: “I’m Pablo. What’s your name?”
Female: “My name’s Frida.”
Male: “Nice to meet you.”
Female: “Nice to meet you too.”
Kreyol 1
Track 1:
Male: “Hi, what’s your name?”
Female: “My name is Marie.”
Male: “And I’m Jean. Where do you live Marie?”
Female: “I live near here…”
Male: “What does ‘near here’ mean exactly??”
Female: “It means I’m not going to tell you where I live.”
Male: “Ohhhhh – Marie, why are you being rude to me?”
Female: “Bye-Bye!”
Duh.
…Now to address the posted picture.
Several of my more fashionable students have been donning these really beautifully gaudy bling bling rings. When one caught my eye a few weeks ago, I KNEW it was a must have! Seeing as how these girls were in my English 1 class, finding out where they acquired their jewels was next to impossible. (their vocabulary is still a little limited) Finally, we bridged the communication gap, and I forked over 50 goudes ($1.50 US). The girl promised to return with my ring!
Return she did, but the ring she delivered in NO WAY resembled the rings I had been admiring!! (My ring is pictured above.) What I had wanted was a beautifully gaudy bling bling ring, but what I had gotten was a hideously tacky piece of junk…or so my initial reaction told me. But after fake smiling and slipping the purple hunk of glittery metal on my finger, it started to grow on me. By the end of the day, I loved my stupid ring!
Finally, this next song I CANNOT get enough of…talk about a good addition to my hula hooping sound track! – Thanks Granny!
by: Lupe Fiasco
I like your ring!
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big ole' fingers
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