[etni] Re: English speakers
- From: Rivkah Nessim <rnessim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: zehavagrff8@xxxxxxxxx, etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2014 16:02:32 +0200
We have to remember that the English taught in schools is EFL. It's not
meant for English speakers. The usual policy of making English speakers sit
in the English classes, do the work and the tests etc. may seem pointless,
but I guess there is not much else to do with the few young children who
don't need those particular lessons. I would recommend following your own
program for teaching your grandchildren, and give them work to do on their
own during their English classes. [The child with reading difficulties may
actually benefit from learning to read along with the rest of the kids.] I
recommend a book that I used with all my girls - Teach your child to read in
100 easy lessons. It brings them up to an American third grade reading
lesson by about lesson 80, and each lesson just takes minutes. It can be
used with native speakers, I wouldn't recommend it for children just
learning the language.
Good luck,
Rivkah Nessim
-----Original Message-----
From: etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:etni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Zehava Groff
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:55 PM
To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [etni] English speakers
I have grandchildren in schools where there are few English speakers. One
child is 10 and has reading difficulties. What books, program do you
recommend?
The younger child is 7 and although she does not have reading problems she
is not being challenged.
What do you recommend? It is a real problem.
Zehava
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