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 h7JK8S701675; Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:08:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:08:28 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <9F6549D6EB23D51180A00002A53740EB0279809E@exchange.sfccnm.edu> 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: Gustav Kocsis <gkocsis@sfccnm.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9278] Re: ESL and Stuttering X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 2247 Lines: 62 The Side by Side audio tapes have some very good chants in the ESL Setting. You might want to look at that series. Book one and Book two with the workbooks and tapes is very useful. Gustav A. Kocsis ESL Program Coordiantor Adult Basic Education Santa Fe Community College 6401 Richards Ave Santa Fe, NM 87508 (505) 428-1444 gkocsis@sfccnm.edu -----Original Message----- From: ttweeton [mailto:ttweeton@comcast.net] Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2003 7:10 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9277] Re: ESL and Stuttering Sylvan can you name any very simple chanting exercises ( materials.) Usually I have found that the exercises are for higher levels. I have used those for my classes and found that pronunciation improves a great deal when I chant along with the students. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:03 PM Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9274] Re: ESL and Stuttering > Fascinating. I've sometimes thought that the choral approach to learning a > language can also help with that stressful feeling, and make it easier just > for plain folks struggling with language-learning. Singing, chanting, etc. I > think of how some religions do a lot of their teaching by chanting the same > thing multiple times, and how easy it is to memorize things that way. I > certainly learn a lot more easily when I can sing in harmony with others. > Hmmmm... > > Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org > Family Literacy Coordinator > Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start > Oregon City, Oregon > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Tricia > Mosser > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 4:54 AM > > <SNIP> > People who stutter don't do so when speaking in unison with others. > SpeechEasy mimics a choral speech pattern, which through auditory delays, > tricks the brain into thinking the user is speaking in sync with another > person. After the device, which comes in three small models, including one > that fits inside the ear canal, is set to the correct level for the speaker, > fluent speech comes nearly instantaneously. > <SNIP> >
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