[etni] Re: Spik dis vay to Izraeleez, says study
- From: Michele Ben <mggben@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ETNI <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:18:08 +0200
I'm sure it wouldn't go well in English either.
Yesterday something connected to this happened in my house: My
daughter, who speaks fluent American accented English, read a short note in
English of recognition for her work to her Israeli grandmother. She read
the note in a thick Israeli accent. Overhearing her, I almost dropped the
dishes I was putting away! I guess she figured her grandmother would
understand the English better if it were spoken in an Israeli accent -
according to this article, she figured right!
Michele
2010/2/19 Ask_Etni <ask@xxxxxxxx>
> 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 )
>
>
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