[etni] Fwd: Re: Standard English
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From: laurie ornstein <laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Standard English
Hi All,
I'd also like to relate to this topic. (See Marlene's words
below.)Years ago, before I started teaching English, I'd wanted to be
a kindergarten teacher like my Mom. Even though I'd been studying in
Hebrew, Machon Greenberg, a program for "teaching Hebrew in the
Diaspora", and I was willing to continue my Hebrew and other studies
here, the Ministry heard my accent loud and clear, decided I was "too
foreign" and steered me right away from my plan into teaching English.
And here I am still on the job 40+ years later!
Laurie
> From personal experience, it is not ok to have an "appalling Anglo
> accent" in Hebrew if you want to teach Ulpan in Israel, despite having
> excellent pedagogical skills and linguistic knowledge. Ditto for quite
> a number of acting positions in Hebrew.
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