---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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 ************************************** ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org ** post to list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** David Lloyd: ETNI founder & manager http://david.greenlloyd.com ***************************************