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They can't Speak it but they can Teach it
Yuma Sun ^
| Aug 30, 2011
| Howard Fischer
Posted on 08/31/2011 10:11:07 AM PDT by pfflier
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This is about English language immersion instruction. Now, it appears that we are dealing with the spanglish version of ebonics.
In the TV story last night, they also said that the teachers used bad grammar.
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:11:10 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: pfflier
“How do I reech these keeeeds?”—Eric Carman
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:13:00 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
To: pfflier
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:13:00 AM PDT
by
humblegunner
(The kinder, gentler version...)
To: subterfuge
How do I reech these keeeeds?Eric Carman CARTMAN
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:13:45 AM PDT
by
subterfuge
(BUILD MORE NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS NOW!!!)
To: pfflier
If you really want to assess how “bi-lingual” an individual is, have them write three paragraphs in both languages. Most will prove to be mono-lingual, if that.
To: kittymyrib
Yep. I’m bilingual, and the number of incompetent teachers out there blocking me and who have no knowledge of my other language is unbelievable. It’s a PC mafya of Union members and foreigners brought in and what not, and most of them do not speak my language well, just a creole version of it that is just ridiculous.
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:21:10 AM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: humblegunner
When I was working in aerospace, I worked with an intern from Mexico that was always talking about "Mealing shits of still".
BTW he was a great kid and really proved his value when we opened our maquiladora in Tijuana.
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:24:20 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: pfflier
He leeves here and drives a peek up truck and has a german shepard names reen teen teen
To: kittymyrib
Chances are you will find them to be illiterate in both languages.
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08/31/2011 10:31:45 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: pfflier
For example, the federal agencies said, state officials documented instances where one teacher pronounced the word the'' as da.'' In a separate incident, a teacher pronounced another'' as anuder'' So that state did not like New Yorkers?
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:33:08 AM PDT
by
Polybius
(Defeating Obama is Priority Number One)
To: pfflier
This sounds, again, like a turf war between the Federal government Department of Education and The State’s Dept of Ed, complicated, as usual, by an out-of-control immigrant influx, the unions and politics. It won’t ultimately be about education, but about local sovereignty.
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:38:15 AM PDT
by
RhoTheta
("We're from the Government, and we're here to help you ... NOT")
To: pfflier
A Yuma-area official is pleased that state education officials will no longer force schools to retrain or reassign English immersion teachers because they speak with an accent.The problem with these stories is that the instigator directly responsible for an egregious decision is never identified.
In my opinion, this sort of decision should be subject to instant dismissal.
Still, I would like to know what justification, if any, was provided to justify this directive.
For too long, public positions have been used as another form of welfare. The education of children should not be among those forms of "public welfare-employment."
Names. We need names!
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:38:27 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
To: pfflier
one teacher pronounced the word "the" as "da." In a separate incident, a teacher pronounced "another" as "anuder"
From New Yawk, ah ya? Fugedabodit.
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posted on
08/31/2011 10:42:46 AM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: Genoa
No, dees guys are from Atzlan
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posted on
08/31/2011 11:09:24 AM PDT
by
pfflier
To: Polybius
What about that Southern language. Sometime they are VERY hard to understand. So I can understand Arizona wanting to have good English speakers.
To: kittymyrib
If you really want to assess how bi-lingual an individual is, have them write three paragraphs in both languages. Most will prove to be mono-lingual, if that.That is probably true in a totally educational context, but;
Functional multilingualism depends on constant or frequent use. At one time I was fluent in Spanish and French, when I visited Spain and France once or twice a year, and family members shared the foreign language experience.
After years of non use, the ancillary languages tend to fade, so the "paragraphs test" would tend to fail. However, a week or a few weeks in the foreign environment, and 90% of the original facility is quickly respored. It's not a simple memory-practical use excercise.
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08/31/2011 12:34:01 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
To: Genoa
My grandson just had a spelling test. The teacher asked them to spell the word “uh” Most of the kids got it wrong Because the word was “a”. People with poor diction always say,”Got uh pen ?”. So now they are teaching it pronounced “uh” So wish my grandchildren were home schooled.
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posted on
08/31/2011 1:03:09 PM PDT
by
heylady
To: heylady
“Uh” should have received full credit. It is used very frequently by those who can’t quite think of the appropriate word, by everyone from our President right on down to ordinary citizens.
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08/31/2011 1:07:15 PM PDT
by
Genoa
(Starve the beast.)
To: napscoordinator
What about that Southern language. Sometime they are VERY hard to understand.Put a Maine lobsterman and an Alabama sharecropper in a room together and you'll think they're speaking two different languages!
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08/31/2011 1:11:22 PM PDT
by
JimRed
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08/31/2011 1:18:02 PM PDT
by
HiJinx
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