[etni] Fw: Ethiopian Students
----- Original Message ----- From: Barnett - barnett@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subject: Ethiopian Students
If anyone can give me - a novice in this branch of TEFL - ideas about the effect of cultural background on Ethiopian immigrant students in Israel, I'd be very grateful. For example, why do new olim from Ethiopia seem to have difficulties with graphic representation (e.g. charts and tables) and answering multiple choice questions? What do we English teachers need to know about the system of education that these students have just left behind? Are there any easily accessible articles on the subject (my googling has so far proved useless)?
Also, do those of you with experience in this field think that an elementary knowledge of Amharic will help us to teach English more effectively to such students? 

Any help will be much appreciated.

Joe Barnett


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