Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id TAA00342; Tue, 16 May 2000 19:13:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 19:13:03 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <de.509f0a7.26532efe@aol.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: Joanglas@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:4480] RE: "English"-only names X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 105 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 449 Lines: 7 As a young adult I went to live and study in Israel. The instructor in my Hebrew class had all of us new immigrants choose a Hebrew name. I really felt a loss of identity being known by another name . I resented having no choice in the matter and it only added to the stress of feeling strange in a new country. Of course, in EFL situations, it might be fun. However I would worry about the effect on immigrant students in an ESL class.
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