Homework is Evil

That is my favourite incorrect answer ever! 18% of respondents agree with me upon it 

Practice makes perfect. And what can help remember all those weird grammar forms if not drilling as such.
Can you imagine a class consisting of endless grammar exercises? I can! And I can even tell you what the purpose of such classes is. Imagine you have been studying present simple for a while. It’s time you moved on to learning the continuous forms. However, you still make one and the same mistake: “he go”. According to the programme of your course, you are already finishing with the continuous, but in fact you come to every class and do one and the same thing. You continually repeat “he goes” in different tasks.
Surely, such a class is far from ideal. On the other hand, the question is what is better – to forget about this first-person-singular thing and move on to Present Continuous, or to stick to Simple until it is “automated” in your mind.

Russian Proved Important…

…for special cases only

 More than half of poll voters (51%) have chosen this answer to express their attitude to using the native language during English classes. Generally speaking, students are happy with make-believe English-speaking world for an hour and a half and occasional returns to reality don’t seem to spoil the atmosphere. However, 29% of those who cast their votes believe that English is the only language that can be used in classes. Strict guys! And I do see their point. Having studied in London for more than a year, I have never had an opportunity to hear my (or anybody else’s) native language since our teacher did not speak any languages but English. The classes were amazing, even though every now and again there appeared clumsy linguistic situations when one of us could get the meaning of the word wrong, or misunderstood a situation. That’s why I understand those who assume that grammar has to be explained in the native language (7%) and those who believe words have to be translated into the native language (3%). However, what I do not understand is the desire to speak Russian whenever we want (7%). We speak it all the time except 80 minutes twice a week. So, what’s the point?.. Actually, I could arrange private Russian-speaking classes for a fair price! :)