[etni] Fw: Ahead of our time
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- Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:24:19 +0200
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From: byk - byk@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Ahead of our time
I suppose it is obvious that what Adele is referring to is for NATIVE
SPEAKERS of English. In addition to that, American education spends an
enormous amount of time developing reading and writing skills at the
elementary school level. Moreover, reading a new book and reporting back on
it is an activity which is required every couple of weeks. Punctuation is
taught. Internet skills are taught (not just copy/paste). Compositions are
written and MARKED.
Can this compare to what our children learn? And we are asking them to
perform this activity in a foreign language, which, for the most part, needs
much more work than it is possible to give in four hours a week.
Jennifer
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