[etni] Fwd: English spelling 'too difficult for children'?
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From: Daniel Ashkenazy <yosefdaniel99@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: English spelling 'too difficult for children'?
Colleagues event the mere notion that "English spelling is too
difficult for children is a load of nonesense. IT is a failure of the
education system that students cannot spell in English. I learned how
to spell in two languages growing up in Canada and have taught many
students over the past 18 years spelling in English. A young girl in
the ninth grade here in Jerusalem was diagnosed as having spelling
problems. I spent two hours with her after class and we determined
together the problem was not her but the system. She told me a few
years later she passed with five point English bagrut with a 95% and
no spelling mistakes. Israelis can learn to spell in English too. We
must never allow our students to fail because we fail to teach.
--
Daniel Ashkenazy
Educator, Writer, Guide
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