[etni] Re: english in norway
- From: sara g <saragabai@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: groff1@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 11:50:14 +0300
I have always told my students (especially the weaker 4 and 3
pointers) to cover the hebrew subtitles on the TV with a piece of
cardboard to help improve their vocabulary. it works wonders.
but there is a problem with that now - a lot of the kids watch
telenovelas (in spanish) so they are learning spanish and not english!
On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM, groff1<groff1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i met three teens at a jerusalem pool today who were from norway. two girls
> were 16 years old and one boy was 13 years old.
> i heard them speaking to each other in a foreign that i didn't recognize so
> i asked them if they spoke english. they were able to converse in english and
> were happy to share information about their english education.
> i found out some very interesting information that i would like to share.
>
> the first thing i learned was that they were told early on by their parents
> and teachers that learning english was a very important part of their
> education and they respected that advice.
>
> 1. one girl said that her mother placed her in front of the tv for 1/2 an
> hour from the age of 3 so that she could get used to hearing english. she
> continued listening to english programs and although she eventually learned
> to read norwegian after a while she removed the norwegian text from the tv
> screen. in fact, both girls shared the experience of removing the text from
> the screen.
> 2. both girls said that they watched a lot of english tv and of course used
> the internet as do their friends.
> 3. the girls said that they and their friends read english books for pleasure.
> 4. in high school they are asked to give short english presentations several
> times during the year.
> 5. the girls said that english was fun and felt comfortable speaking with me
> in english.
> 6. i asked them what subjects they liked in school. the girls told me they
> liked language especially english and the boy told me that he was dyslexic
> and he liked soccer and sports.he, i might add, he also felt quite
> comfortable speaking english but jumped into the swimming pool somewhere
> during our conversation.
>
> i was very impressed with the ease in which they expressed themselves and the
> sense of confidence they displayed in speaking english with me.
>
> what a joy. they were delightful!
>
> zehava
>
>
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