Comments on: Desire to know more

By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 04:02:09 +0000

In reply to Royo. Thanks, Royo! Meeting a good teacher or a supervisor is a life changing experience. I've met a few and one of them is the author of this book:-) I hope you will enjoy reading the book. "Keep, keep on reading", as you always put it;-)

By: Royo

Royo — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:09:01 +0000

At university or school we students have all experienced some lecturers who have made that course not difficult for us to learn and some who have not helped us very much. why? I think we can find a few reasons to this question in the literature such as books, texts and journal articles. An effective teaching need a good book and a good teacher, and we are lucky to have all now. Everyone who enroled this course will agree with me, i bet.

By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:02:48 +0000

In reply to Christie. Thanks, Christie, and welcome to Language on the Move!

By: Christie

Christie — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:24:34 +0000

“interesting and relevant to my life and everyday experience ” so very important!!!!!!

By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:25:59 +0000

In reply to Ishfaque Ahmed Abbasi. Thank you for your comment!

By: Ishfaque Ahmed Abbasi

Ishfaque Ahmed Abbasi — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 19:07:37 +0000

In my opinion majority of the students want to learn more. For this they always try to read a lot. But due to the shortage of such easy books as discussed in the post the students enthusiasm for learning goes down and they start considering reading a boring activity.

It is rightly said by Kimie Takahashi that we need such books which catch interest of the students and compel them to read a lot.

By: Dariush Izadi

Dariush Izadi — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 07:20:50 +0000

In reply to Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江.

Thanks for your comment, Kimie

Unfortunately I haven’t been able to get hold of the book yet! The bookstore I’d contacted to provide me with the book hasn’t called me yet!

Yes, it’s not everybody’s job to follow such in an academic book!

Speaking of my PhD, to keep it short, for some reason, I’ll have to do the Postgraduate Certificate, which will start on August 1st. After completing this course, I’m off to do my PhD!
I’ll be waiting for your other comments on Ingrid’s new book!

By: Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江

Kimie Takahashi 高橋君江 — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 06:15:43 +0000

In reply to Dariush Izadi. Thanks, Dariush! I agree with your comment wholeheartedly. That's what she says in the acknowledgment: "I learned from you all [her past and current students and co-workers from all different linguistic backgrounds] and tried to always keep you in mind as the intended audience of this book". It's a nice thing to say, but it is very hard to follow through in an academic book. But she actually stuck to her promise;-) I will keep you posted here. How's your PhD going by the way? Keep us posted here, too, if you can;-)

By: Dariush Izadi

Dariush Izadi — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 05:50:15 +0000

Dear Kimie

Thank you for informing us of the content of the book and of your students’ feedback.

Anyway, I think the most important reason for the success of the book, regardless of the author’s thorough,
extensive and comprehensive knowledge of the field, is prof. Piller’s, to the best of my knowledge, enough exposure to nonnative speakers of English, hence having familiarized herself with their needs. Another reason could be the author has had enough teaching experience; as a result, she had been well aware of the readers’ understanding of the terms and concepts. This familiarity with the readers’ needs has led the author to become successful in getting her message across.