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´Drilling` is what it is often termed. However, the well of understanding is often dry. The indefinite article can be explained ´til the face is as blue as the sky. However, if the stud`nt can`t perceive the logical flaw in saying `a orange` and `an banana`, it`ll take a road drill to make any impression. Without saying absolutely that ELT classrooms are replete with dullards, for a teacher with even a modicum of intellectual ambition, the giving of lessons can be a dull and dulling process, although not with Yours Truly´s legendary gap-fill exercise; featuring the second most commonly used English word after ´okay´: Where the is my newspaper? What the ____ are you doing here? Where the ____ are my shoes? Who the ____ is Brian Wilson? What the ____ is a Beach Boy? Brian Wilson (1942-) was of course formerly President of the United States during World War I, and was most famous for inventing the sun lounger.

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Bright, Robin
Teacher of English language and literature since ´94 in Hungary, Poland, Russia, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Oman, Libya, Turkey, China, and Azerbaijan. Published in the Hungarian Institute for Educational Research`s Education, `Learning To Study`, Winter-Spring, ´95. May I Torture You Teacher? Vol. 1 and 2 also available from JustFiction! Edition.

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