[etni] out of the box (classroom)
- From: Batya <shilohmuse@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:35:12 -0700 (PDT)
It's a year since I taught in an Israeli EFL classroom. From this perspective,
still reading my ETNI posts, addicted?, here's my take on the return of
Literature and the Irgun's sanctions and EFL.
EFL- English in Israel is a FOREIGN LANGUAGE, not a Second Language. Pressure
should be put on the schools, the system, via the Irgun/Histadrut/Ministry etc
to improve general thinking and language skills and grammar in Hebrew, not
English.
Literature- Teach APPRECIATION to make it easily enjoyable, not advanced,
native tongue analysis.
Irgun sanctions. Considering how little the administration of the HS where I
taught understood the 5 requirements (3 written tests, 1 oral and 1 project) to
pass the English Bagrut, I have no doubts that the Irgun doesn't understand
that no project means failure. How many English teachers are in the top
echelons of the Irgun?
Batya
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