For those who don't know, I am working on my master's degree in ESL (English as a Second Language). I already teach ESL students but I'm finally learning how to do it in a formal setting.
So, classes are wrapping up this week, and I have this journal article I got to read and write up a little summary/report of. The problem is that the article is absolutely boring. I can't get into it, I don't even understand what it is saying. It is that bad.
Why must journal articles be written like this. Do people really want to read something they can't understand. I mean, they are designed to help people like me, who are in the classroom to improve our teaching. But if I can't understand it, then I can't do anything with it.
Why can't they write in a more simplified language for all of use who don't spend our days trying to come up with big words to include in journal articles.
Anyways, enough of my rambling. More later...
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