Head and shoulders

[Hertsblue]

If my students give themselves the trouble of speaking four consecutive words of more-or-less English, it's a good day.

But are your students native-speakers, FK? I would forgive anyone with English as a second or third language.

[seano1815]

I did a head swap for a command figure for my WOTR collection, turned out to be not too bad and hasn't fallen off yet Good for a king i suppose
all the best
Sean

[Techno]

 

[FierceKitty]

But are your students native-speakers, FK? I would forgive anyone with English as a second or third language.

I'm less tolerant. I measure my Thai students against others I've taught (Czechs are the best yet), and they measure up very poorly. I'd be more forgiving if they were any good at anything but Angry Birds. But they've had a long time to learn, and they're still at a loss for a reply when you say "Good morning". In English IV, at that.
This country is likely to be a Chinese colony in a hundred years.

[Hertsblue]

This country is likely to be a Chinese colony in a hundred years.

There's your mistake. You should be teaching Mandarin. 

[FierceKitty]

Careful. Many Chinese don't like that name for the language. The official name is something like putongua, meaning "most widely spoken". Though I was amused in a noodle-shop in Suzhou once to hear two Chinese communicating in terrible English, since they were from opposite ends of the country and couldn't understand each other's Chinese.

[Techno]

Same in Wales (apparently)...
Welsh speakers in the South of the country have problems understanding those in the North..and vice versa.
(Don't even bother Ian !) 
Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Thought you had to have sever cold to even attempt Welsh......

IanS 

[Techno]

You mean the 'phlegm' sound I assume Ian. 
Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Yep

IanS

[Hertsblue]

Careful. Many Chinese don't like that name for the language. The official name is something like putongua, meaning "most widely spoken". Though I was amused in a noodle-shop in Suzhou once to hear two Chinese communicating in terrible English, since they were from opposite ends of the country and couldn't understand each other's Chinese.

I once overheard a German guy chatting up a Greek girl on a bus in Crete in their common language - English.