Spik dis vay to Izraeleez, says study Haaretz - Feb. 19, 2010 English teachers who are native speakers of that language may wish to consider faking an Israeli accent to help out their pupils, according to the results of a surprising new study by linguists from the University of Haifa. That's because the research Raphiq Ibrahim and Mark Leikin showed that perception of second language speech is easier when spoken in the accent of the listener and not in its original accent. The study, recently published in the prestigious Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, questions the insistence by many teachers and schools which teach English as a second language, on exposing their students to the languages in their 'original' accents. (To read the whole article, go to - http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150954.html ) ----------------------------------------------- ** The ETNI Rag ** http://www.etni.org/etnirag/ Much more than just a journal ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------