[etni] data valid, inference invalid
- From: David Reid <reidnomad@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:20:48 +0200
Those who have been discussing the results of the Haifa university
researchers on the increased ease to get information from a verbal text in a
foreign language when the text is pronounced in the accent of the listener
have overlooked a key point of the research. Granted that the research
itself is valid, but despite the comments of the researchers themselves, the
research did not touch upon the learning of the language, but rather on the
ability to understand from a text. The two processes are not synonymous.
Taking the argument to its absurd limit, it is easier for the listener to
glean the information from the text when the information is given not only
in the accent but even the language of the listener. But this obviously does
not mean that it would be easier for the listener to learn the foreign
language if all the texts were given in the foreign language itself. When
there is a piece of research, let us stick to the data, and be careful with
overly hasty extrapolations.
David Reid
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