Posted: Apr 20, 2010 7:17 pm
One of my Korean American students who struggled so much with articles kept hoping for a comprehensive explanation for why we use an article here but not there, and sometimes he almost despaired when I would look over a long college paper and take out a whole lot of articles he shouldn't have used PLUS put in a whole lot of articles he should've used. ...I would remind him, and he could chant along with me, "To get better, read, read, read." But it was pretty frustrating for him.
Finally, after being here for 4 years, he seems to be really getting it, and I have almost no "article edits" for him. (I guess he read, read, read enough by now.)
Finally, after being here for 4 years, he seems to be really getting it, and I have almost no "article edits" for him. (I guess he read, read, read enough by now.)