[etni] Fw: cursive handwriting

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:34:12 +0200

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From: laurie ornstein - laurenmadeline@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: cursive handwriting

Hi All,

 I just got this message back from a friend and faculty member at BGU. She 
had questioned whether we teach cursive handwriting at school. My response 
was that it's more or less up to the teacher if and when to teach it. I 
added that with all our dyslexic pupils, it was easier to leave it as they 
could barely, if at all, deal with printing. She wrote back the following:

Far out! A whole generation of Israelis cannot write and read English as it 
is commonly used in English speaking countries.

Let me say that at BGU I know that many classes are held in English and 
taught in English. Many advisors are native English-speakers who use 
cursive.

So, should we or shouldn't we? I truthfully, hadn't considered this issue.

Laurie

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