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 i2GBj0I10532; Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:45:00 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 06:45:00 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <031620041142.25093.54e6@comcast.net> 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: ttweeton@comcast.net To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10061] Re: Fw: Diversity in staffing X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AT&T Message Center Version 1 (Oct 27 2003) Status: O Content-Length: 1497 Lines: 40 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
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