**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** Re the running commentary on NS teachers for NS students...I think the problem goes a little deeper, which is amply demonstrated by the following: I took a 2 yr. course at Bar-Ilan on teaching English to LD students. The course was in English, for English teachers. The class was made up of new teachers, and more experienced teachers, which is fine. But what really threw me and still has my mouth hanging open was the group of non-NS teachers, of Russian origin, who taught in the school system, but repeatedly asked the lecturer to repeat and/or explain her words as they didn't always understand. They loved their kids and invested time and effort in their teaching, but please!! And story #2: My son studied Electronics in the college in Ariel, in the evening. Most of his teachers, in Hebrew, had very heavy accents, which severely limited the students' understanding of difficult technical material. And this was material in their mother tongue, not a foreign language, which should also be emulated. I hope that these two incidences are just flukes. But how do they happen? Our English staff at school has very good NS and nonNS teachers and I think we complement each other and help each other, because noone is perfect. _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####