[etni] Fw: RE: etni Digest V7 #167

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From: ELEANOR ZWEBNER <eleanorz541@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: etni Digest V7 #167

For some reason written expression is not TAUGHT  in L1 here--that is , 
Hebrew, until high school and then in 11th grade.  For awhile, they only 
studied and practiced in 12th grade.

I don't know the logic behind it, but as a parent and an English teacher I 
have been whining about it ( with my colleagues )  for about 30 years.  Why 
"composition" isn't taught and practiced in elementary school is a mystery.

Re paragraphs -- if one checks the HEBREW books put out by Tal Maalot, one 
will find that a new paragraph begins at the next line.  One only has to 
skip a line if the last sentence of the preceding paragraph comes to the end 
of the line. So our argument with the MOE is with form, content and 
curriculum.

re:  HOTS -- it is not clear who sent the first  comment -- but it echoes 
what many of us have been saying  all year:  it should be taught in L1 and 
earlier, not in a foreign language in high school (10th,11th or 12th 
grade ).  This particular issue has nothing to do with our being overworked 
or underpaid: it is simply a bad use of resources.

Eleanor

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