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 i2BGHOI14112; Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:17:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 11:17:24 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20040311161547.4989.qmail@web11001.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:10008] 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: 1288 Lines: 36 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
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