[etni] Re: Scrap the System
- From: "litajack" <litajack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Gary Zone" <gary_zone@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 19:15:05 +0200
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I assume it is tongue in cheek. I received it with no comment from the
person sending it and with no authentication of where the "research" was
done so I think we are meant to understand that it is not "real".
I'm sure it's not intended to be taken seriously; but I did find it
interesting that I could read and understand the paragraph so easily.
A British ex-convict wrote a book some years ago called "Fings Ain't What
They Used to Be". It was even made into a West End show with a popular hit
sone with the same name. It was written in colloquial, East End London
English, with phonetic spelling, and although I grew up in the same East
End I found it very difficult to read.
The passage below is, in fact, far easier to understand than the text that
makes the round from time to time explaining how it has been decided to
reform and uniform English spelling with examples.
Lita Arkin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Zone" <gary_zone@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <litajack@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: Re: [etni] Scrap the System
> Was this tongue-in-cheek or serious? The former, I hope!
> I'm still in favour of phonics **when learning**. After we see a word over
> and over again, I agree that we look at the whole pattern (and the
context).
> Still, phonics gives us the ability to learn faster and the tool to tackle
> new words alone. Otherwise,without an instructor, who would be able to
> decipher a new word by him/herself? It would be akin to taking away
> someone's digital watch and giving them an analog one and, without
> instruction in telling the time, asking them to meet you at noon.
>
> Gary (Gershon)
>
> >
> >This should put an end to all the discussions as to which 3R system to
> >adopt - global or phonetic.
> >Lita Arkin
> >
> >aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in
> >waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht
> >frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl
> >mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do
> >not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe
>
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