#EFFORTLESS ASSIMILATION CROSSWORD HOW TO#
The integration of academic writing seems to impede the situation as students want to “learn how to write appropriately” but they seem to want to do that with the least work possible.
Therefore, the choice of the most appropriate material for a specific group of students may become one of the most challenging jobs an ESP/EAP language teacher has to carry through as this choice often predetermines, the interest and motivation of the ESP/ EAP students and a certain amount of independent learner awareness and initiative in the learning process. When using specific ESP/EAP material, whether it is commercially produced or locally by the teacher himself, one has to bear in mind that students must learn and must do in class what they will be asked to do in their work-field in future or what their professors will ask them to do or read in the foreign language during the course of their studies. This material is either commercially produced and thus easier to be found and used by the teacher or it may be produced by the teacher himself to meet the specific needs of his students. It may also be because of the fact that the material used is a tangible proof of what the department of the university expects to be taught to ESP/ EAP students. This may be due to the fact that students may not be of the same linguistic level and are thus unable to keep pace with the rest of the group. May be a tall order….IN TERTIARY EDUCATION ESP/EAP MATERIAL that seems motivating and prominent for one group of students may not be the same for another.
Crosscheck each component of wordplay – the fodder and the indicators.Judge a clue on basis of ALL COMPONENTS – SURFACE READING, WORDPLAY and DEFINITION.Why can’t we build a sound collective foundation of Indian Crossword Community ? Why can’t each one of us have understanding to judge a clue in objective and logical manner? Why can’t each one of us understand the crossword theory from basics upward? When it gets a tad nuanced, we say we are but fans just having fun so there is no need to take anything seriously! Chalta hain!! No.
The contests in our forums are at times reduced something like Reality-TV show voting! We ask certain experts about about KOSHERNESS of clues without trying to equip ourselves with understanding of the cryptic. We judge clues not on merit of the clue but on basis of the setter. We like a clue because it is liked by many others or endorsed by experts. We go gaga over clues with attractive surfaces ignoring blatant fundamental errors. We bend rules without realising and do not appreciate if an objection is made to the same.
We have such wonderful talent but we make clues too casually or without understanding that there are rules to be followed. I am bit distraught with the Indian Crossword scene. Voting is very objective and remarks are so illuminating) and very recently the DIYCOW (UK group again – great weekly contests and amazing quality of clues and judging.) Learnt much from puritanical taskmasters like Peter Biddlecome and the maverick like David Akenhead), the CCCWC ( UK group. I picked up lot from my experience in GOOGLE GROUP (It is quite multi-continental group but with dwindling active membership. I have spent time understanding the nuances of cryptic crossword theory. I am not a particularly great setter or solver but I am pretty good at the analysis. I learned the basics myself by analysing the solution with the clues of the previous day crossword in Indian Express or the Sunday Times. I have been a cryptic crossworder since 1980s.
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