[etni] Re: literature LOGS yes

From: aviva shapiro <shapiroaviva@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Daniel Ashkenazy <yosefdaniel99@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 10:19:01 +0300
Dear Daniel,
I feel I must respond to your posting because I had a few *real NATIVE
ENGLISH* speakers in this class and their feedback was this was the first
time EVER in an English class where they had been challenged and learned !!!
 Honestly !!

Children who speak English at home or  wherever.. do not necessarily (or
most likely don't ) read at the same level. So we need to teach these pupils
just like any other pupils in order to have them reach  a higher level of
English.. ( both in  reading and writing). The use of Authentic literature
is a wonderful way and we , the teachers need to show them how to relate to
them.

For example , I taught the book NIGHT and one of my students who had just
arrived from 6 years in an American school in Zimbabwe told me she had read
it there.  However after having taught it to her my way ( using HOTS etc..)
she told me she had learned much more this way and really understood it.

I think the best way to persuade your pupils is to be convinced yourself
that they still need to learn English  and to love teaching the program.
I can send you feedback ( to pass on to your students if you like) .. from
my Native speakers..

All the best...
Aviva
AND PS.. From my years of experience even a child who completed the total
bagrut in 10th grade didn't get a high grade and from then on. most likely (
in most cases , not all !!) didn't look at a written English text again. AND
tell me why in the USA ( my birth place ) English (language and literature )
 is the ONLY required course in the  12th grade ( for Native speakers !!)

"It must be remembered that the purpose of education is not to fill the
minds of students with facts?it is to teach them to think.?
Robert M. Hutchins

Aviva Shapiro- 052-4501830


On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Daniel Ashkenazy
<yosefdaniel99@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Ok, so check it out. I read your line on etni about logs.  That seem all
> very good and fine for your school but how do you convince Yeshiva High
> School English Speakers to be motivated to learn English literature for the
> sake of literature let alone keep a log?
>
> Here are my most comon challenges
>
>    -  they feel they can write the Bagrut in the 10th grade and are
>    probably right;
>    - don't enjoy reading stories or poems which they cannot relate to
>    - would rather be learning something else;
>    - enjoy tormenting their teacher with sighs and comments of " this is
>    boring"
>    - do not like book tasks, logs, or any reading comprehension assignment
>    which requires more than 20 minutes effort.
>
>
> --
> Daniel Ashkenazy
> Educator, Writer, Guide
>
>

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