[etni] Re: Riddle me with hole Language.
- From: michele ben <benfam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: barisil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ETNI Discussion List <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 09 May 2005 07:17:06 +0300
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Tvia Whatever the daughter of Shimon Peres
It wasn't a complete failure in the US - It experienced many problems, many
similar to those experienced here. There is no such thing as teaching Whole
Language OR Phonics Based. It has to be a mixture. Both have their
validities.Both have their flaws. A teacher is a being with a brain and has to
take what she or he knows and pick and choose what is good for his or her
class. As for Whole Lang and Hebrew, Hebrew is a totally phonetic lanaguage so
obviously the emphasis should be on phonics, with some of the principles of
Whole Language applied when learning reading comp strtegies. Engish is not
phonetic so after learning the phonetic base, whole language principles should
be incorporated even at the level of acquisition.
Barry, I know this was a joke, but it hit a nerve...
Michele
Barry Silverberg and family wrote:
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> Who can answer the following riddles?
>
> Who was the person primarily responsible for for bringing in the 'Hole
> Language Approach' for learning Hebrew in the grade schools, some 15 years
> ago? (Saffa Ke Mich loll)
>
> Which leading Israeli politician is her father?
>
> What was the attitude towards primary school teachers who warned that
> this approach was doomed to fail and had already proved unsuccessful in the
> US?
>
> The winners will receive a whole language.
>
> Barry Silverberg
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> > Responding to this submission:
> > >
> > > Which makes me wonder if the test was based on an L1 model. Did you
> > know that our children were taught Hebrew using "whole word" when Hebrew
> > is a totally phonetic language just because it was the fashion for a
> > time in the U.S.? And they wonder why our students did so badly the
> > last few years in international tests. Well, they never really learned
> > to read effectively in their mother tongue so only the brightest and/or
> > most motivated were able to reach a level of reading that allowed them
> > to excel. Is this the same story all over again? And what about the
> > Junior High? Hadera and Netanya were forced to implement the Junior
> > High program when the teachers (and the Ministry if they were really
> > watching) already knew that it was a disaster.
>
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