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 i2HCDcI04757; Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:13:38 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:13:38 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040317120850.29494.qmail@web11005.mail.yahoo.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: Ujwala Samant <lalumineuse@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10071] Re: Fw: Diversity in staffing X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 2055 Lines: 70 So you're referring to extreme cases. I have no argument with that. Would be like someone with a strong Glaswegian accent or the southern states in the USA, or Northern Ireland, or from deep Punjab or Maharashta or, -I think the list is endless- trying to teach English. regards, Ujwala --- ttweeton@comcast.net wrote: > When an accent makes the language almost > unintelligeable, it is time to find another teacher. > Tanya Tweeton > ESOL and GED > Fort Lauderdale > > Tanya, > > > > > A correct accent is essential in my opinion to > teach > > > any language.I have a friend who teaches ESOL > with > > > a very heavy Spanish accent, She is not clearly > > > intelligible in her pronunciation and her > emphasis > > > is on the wrong syllable many times. I, my > self, > > > wouldn't want to learn a language from someone > who > > > wasn't a native if I had the choice. > > > Tanya Tweeton GED and ESOL > > > Fort Lauderdale, Florida > > > > Whose accent is deemed correct? I speak with an > Indian > > accent and British pronunciation, and use a > melange of > > British, American, Indian and French argot. I have > > taught people to speak English. > > > > I suppose if I wanted to sound American (and again > > which regional accent would I choose?) or British > > (same question about accents) or Australian, or > Indian > > (we do have a large number of people who speak > > English) then I would have to ask someone to teach > me > > the inflections, nuances etc. I think accents are > > different from learning language as communication. > For > > example, do your friend's students end up learning > how > > to communicate, have confidence in speaking > English? > > Do they learn her accent when they learn spoken > > English? > > > > regards, > > Ujwala > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Search - Find what you’re looking for > faster > > http://search.yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com
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