[etni] Re: mnemonics and native speakers
- From: Barry Silverberg <barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: schenker.e@xxxxxxxxx, etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:29:59 +0200
Our tribal instincts about pronunciation are very strong.
I painfully recall how, on the Pesach of my first grade, I was furious at my
Zayda
for reading " Venosson Lonnu ess hatoyra" rather than the modern Hebrew
version that I had spent
the year learning in dayschool..
Unfortunately, they didn't slap me silly and it only got worse as I got
older.
I still wonder why people who speak Modern Hebrew and pray Modern Hebrew
still say Addonoy and
not Addonai. Maybe it's just a matter of Addenoids.
PS It took me 2 minutes and a peek into the spell check to spell
pronunciation.
Do I have it right?
Barry S
----- Original Message -----
From: "Esther Schenker" <schenker.e@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 10:54 AM
Subject: [etni] mnemonics and native speakers
> Hi, all.
> I have been following the thread about mnemonics with great interest. So
> I
> would like to relate a personal experience that I had with my son and his
> son. One evening I got a call with such panic in his voice that I
> couldn't
> imagine what had happened. It seems that my grandson who is in 4th grade
> this year is having his first experience with learning English in a class
> of
> Hebrew speakers. Now, given that he has had problems with his
> ears/hearing
> for some time, he is doing relatively well. So what was the problem? His
> Israeli teacher was telling the class that the pronunciation of the vowels
> was not what my grandson was used to. Considering that both of his
> parents
> are native speakers and that English is the first language used at home
> with
> other siblings as well, my own son called in a panic. What could he do?
> His son didn't know what to say, how to say it or who to listen to. Thank
> goodness for Kindersite and Starfall.
> Since that fateful evening, he has been using the sites and also the
> workbook/reading books from Starfall to get him through the challenge.
> It's
> not over yet, but hopefully he will analyze to his heart's content and be
> able to read and hear what he is seeing online and from the stories with
> the
> proper pronunciation.
> Too bad that I only discovered Lauren's site a few days ago. I will be
> adding this to my repertoire.
> Good luck to all.
> Remember, whatever helps is worth it.
> Esther Schenker
>
>
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