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Solving the Problem of the Failure in English

Failure in  English  class is  much  higher than it should be as  English  as a subject is  not  necessarily hard compared to  mathematics, physics  etc.  This problem has been heavily researched by the author of the article that I have read.    The author  first  showcases the  magnitude of the problem with numbers  such as out of 187 students in a year 49 of them were in  English   where  it really should  not  be the case . He also presented us with three groups of these failing students, those who have the  ability to do well but simply do  not  have enough interest, those who do  not  know what their problem is and are stuck because of it and lastly those who can not  keep up w ith their class.    The author also  described some solutions to each group that he himself tested.  Firstly,  starting with the first group, th...

French phonetics in New York

  The issue of teaching French phonetics has been a controversial to pic  in  New York , it has become like that because a certain body of new  Yorks  teachers  decided to vote for omission of phonetics que stion form the state exam inations.     Because such vote has transpired some may think that there’s a huge amount of these opposing bodies but  it couldn’t be further from the truth as it’s only a small number of p eople  violently  opposed to teaching phonetics.  The only thing this vote has actually shown is show what a determined minority can accomplish .  The same minority attempted to oppose phonetics again in 1918 but failed to “put it acr oss” because  Mr.   Whitley  chief of the state examinators sent a  questionnaire  to the teachers all across the state .    There were 75 replies from the city of  New York  itself and 160 replies from teachers form the entire ...