[etni] Fwd: learning a language on the street

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From: laurie ornstein <laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: learning a language on the street

Hi All,

I just love this idea for teaching a language, in this case Hebrew.

TEL AVIV — The texts, written on metal grates, stone walls and neon
signs, sometimes disappear from one class to the next. The themes are
pluralism, economic justice and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict — and
grammar, always a little grammar thrown in.
Guy Sharett’s Hebrew lessons are taught in a walking classroom, on the
streets and alleys of Florentin, his neighborhood here, where new
vocabulary words are mixed into an ever-changing curriculum.

To read the entire article
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/22/world/middleeast/learning-hebrew-on-the-streets-with-walls-as-assigned-reading.html?_r=1&smid=fb-share

Laurie


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