Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h4F3EbC05321; Wed, 14 May 2003 23:14:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 23:14:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000c01c31a8b$f53b8200$07160143@6912cck4d337> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "olivia durham" <odurham@integrity.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8973] Re: English immersion X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1146 Lines: 36 I always thought it was "to the New York Islands" which would fall in the same category as "the Hawaiian Islands! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andres Muro" <AndresM@epcc.edu> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:17 AM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8963] Re: English immersion > Another patriotic song reflecting American ideology is "with god on our side". ESL students will love to listen and interpret this song. > > Andres > > >>> WMFisher40@aol.com 05/14/03 07:24AM >>> > > My wife Solveig uses songs such as "This Land is My Land" and "Anything > You Can Do, I Can Do Better" quite successfully in her ESL classes, and > the students love them. But you have to be careful with them because > songwriters > often use their poetic license to violate normal rules of usage. For > instance, > in Woody Guthrie's "This Land ...", he says "... to the New York Island ..". > This just sounds wrong to me, probably because "the" usually requires a > unique referent, and I don't know what, exactly, he's talking about -- > Manhattan? > Long Island? Keewaydin? > > - Bill Fisher > > >
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