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 h4OLZaC22486; Sat, 24 May 2003 17:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 17:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <BAY7-F9MXehYSoOZzHZ00017603@hotmail.com> 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: "Barb Linek" <eslmax@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9039] Re: Presentation X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/html Status: O Content-Length: 1535 Lines: 28
It's like pulling teeth to teach academic language in L2 to someone who never got it in L1. Can you imagine explaining in English the concept of gravity to a high schooler who'd never heard of it before? That's what the mainstream teachers don't understand.
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