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Quote Bagga  But my example of a grape is an actual memory of a time when I was being observed by my DOS. I was doing the dance of describing a grape, and the student said "Ah, uva?" and I said "Yes." Apparently I shouldn't have accepted that from the student... |
I'd have done exactly as you did. You 'demonstrated' the word without using L1 and they understood. You just confirmed it for them. I don't see anything wrong with that.
As for rules, you're so right. If the rules of English are so confusing, ambiguous at times and often contradictory then how can teaching it be standard. Each student is different too, so we can only do our best and try to follow guidelines rather than rules set in stone.
Have a good lesson!
Cheers Bagga