Mailmonkey
Bluelighter
No, not a single one. It was ludicrous exercise. Read it in some teaching literature once as being a great way to boost your students self-esteem, and not to stigmatise them about making mistakes (learning opportunities, not mistakes).
There was a lot of nonsensical mumbo-jumbo around teaching in the 90's.
EDIT>>>>for the record, the last few years I was teaching (1998-2003) I went very oldschool in my approach, hard marking, being honest with students who were shit, or underperforming, lots of grammar based lessons, as opposed to topic-based and communicative work, and if the truth be told the students found it more useful, learned better, enjoyed it more, and most importantly IMO had more enthusiasm....
There was a lot of nonsensical mumbo-jumbo around teaching in the 90's.
EDIT>>>>for the record, the last few years I was teaching (1998-2003) I went very oldschool in my approach, hard marking, being honest with students who were shit, or underperforming, lots of grammar based lessons, as opposed to topic-based and communicative work, and if the truth be told the students found it more useful, learned better, enjoyed it more, and most importantly IMO had more enthusiasm....