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by chris/4/PA
Jan 17, 2004
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Hi, folks, I have a question. My district requires that we
do Daily Language PRactice, where sentences with errors in
them are written on the board and children correct them. I
am very uncomfortable with this. Years ago, I was taught
NEVER to teach/show an incorrect example, that children
will frequently inte...See More/blockquote>
Hi, folks, I have a question. My district requires that we
do Daily Language PRactice, where sentences with errors in
them are written on the board and children correct them. I
am very uncomfortable with this. Years ago, I was taught
NEVER to teach/show an incorrect example, that children
will frequently internalize it. the practice of DLP seems
to me to be showing the children the incorrect way to do
something. My question: is there any research on this
practice? Thank you for any help you can give.
by madre y profesora hispana
Jan 18, 2004
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Estos son mis pensamientos sobre el cambio de la educacion
bilingue a un antiguo format de ESL que historicamente ha
querido negar a los hispanos el acceso con igualdad al
sistema de educacion en Estados Unidos. El acto de derechos
civiles de 1964 garantizaba que cualquier persona no fuera
excluida de la...See More/blockquote>
Estos son mis pensamientos sobre el cambio de la educacion
bilingue a un antiguo format de ESL que historicamente ha
querido negar a los hispanos el acceso con igualdad al
sistema de educacion en Estados Unidos. El acto de derechos
civiles de 1964 garantizaba que cualquier persona no fuera
excluida de la participacion y no se le podia negar los
beneficios de un programa apoyado por el estado federal en
base a su raza, su color y su origen nacional. Con la ley
que paso por Lau v Nichols se convirtio en un mandato para
la educacion bilingue. Legalmente los hispanos, y asiaticos
lucharon para que se le diera atencion a las necesidades de
los estudiantes que tuvieran dificultad en el aprendizaje
del ingles, ademas de garantizar que los alumnos fueran
asesorados en su propio idioma. Esto garantizaba que cada
alumno tuviera proteccion en la hora de poder comunicar con
las escuelas en un idioma que fuera entendido tanto por los
padres como los hijos. Que pensais de La nueva ley en que
minimiza el uso del idioma del español en los salones?
Nuestros hijos deberian olvidarse de su pasado y borrar
todo los tesoros de su pasado?.... Deben llegar en un punto
en que no pueden ni hablar con sus abuelos y necesitan
clases particulares de español?... necesitan seguir
triturando sus nombres y sus idiomas para que otros nos
entienden? No hay suficientes hispanos alrededor de Estados
Unidos para levantar las voces y proteger un idioma en
peligro?... Que se puede hacer para parar la PERDIDA DE
NUESTROS IDIOMAS? Escribirme con valor pues esto es lo
ultimo que nos queda....
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@>->->-- ---->-->-Have a nice day.--
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(When Prayer was taken out of Public Schools,SO WAS GOD.)
LOOK at what Happens After God is Taken OUT OF THE Public
Schools.
Jan 17-2003,A judge will decide later this month if two
Penn Trafford High School seniors accused of kidnapping
and assaulting other students will be tried as juveniles.
A ...See More/blockquote>
(When Prayer was taken out of Public Schools,SO WAS GOD.)
LOOK at what Happens After God is Taken OUT OF THE Public
Schools.
Jan 17-2003,A judge will decide later this month if two
Penn Trafford High School seniors accused of kidnapping
and assaulting other students will be tried as juveniles.
A teenager is brutally beaten; police have charged two
students, ages 14 and 15, with aggravated assault. .....18-
year-old Ian Boothroyd describing the vicious attack. It
happened in the hallway of Albert Gallatin High School,
during school hours
Feb 11-2004,Elk Grove police have arrested two Laguna
Creek High School students in connection with an alleged
plot to shoot other students and set off explosive devices
on campus.
May 3-2003,Emergency crews were called to the scene of a
shooting at a Cambria County school.
May 1,2003,Butler County officials said a 14-year-old girl
was reportedly trapped inside a locker at a Butler
Intermediate School.
This is just a SMALL bit of PROOF that God Almighty HAS
been taken out of Public Schools.
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TEFL.com BOYCOT
In an article titled ¡°China EFL: A Case of False
Advertising,¡± (GOOGLE SEARCH) TEFL.com was identified as
a web site which carries China EFL/ESL teacher job
advertisements which do not comply with the SAFEA
regulations for the recruitment of teachers for China.
In res...See More/blockquote>
TEFL.com BOYCOT
In an article titled ¡°China EFL: A Case of False
Advertising,¡± (GOOGLE SEARCH) TEFL.com was identified as
a web site which carries China EFL/ESL teacher job
advertisements which do not comply with the SAFEA
regulations for the recruitment of teachers for China.
In response to that article TEFL.com claimed, amongst
other things, that it was not subject to the laws of
China. (Lawsuit Threatened)
There is an apparent new wrinkle in TEFL.com¡¯s China EFL
advertising. Rather than demand that advertising comply
with Chinese goals, objectives and laws, it appears that
TEFL.com will continue to run advertisements which require
no prior teaching experience or college degree by simply
trying to avoid any liability under Chinese law through
placing the following statement on its emails:
"To access this e-mail, our website and our services YOU
MUST AGREE that
the contents and our relationship are governed by the law
of England
and Wales. If you do not agree, you are not at liberty to
proceed beyond
this point. If you do proceed, that is your agreement to
this
statement."
A spot check of TEFL.com on February 29, 2004 revealed
that their China EFL/ESL ads were still not in compliance
with the SAFEA Regulations.
A very knowledgeable and well respected British friend,
who for obvious reasons does not want to become embroiled
in this matter, writes the following commentary:
¡°As I read the TEFL.com disclaimer, without any knowledge
of applicable UK advertising laws, TELF.com, but in the
knowledge that the contents of advertisements displayed on
their Website may be misleading, and in the [assumed]
knowledge that they are aware of existing Chinese Law with
respect to "pre-qualifications" required of applicants for
teaching positions as Foreign Experts; the disclaimer
itself may be in beach of the relevant UK legislation
governing the publishing of advertising that is knowingly
and substantially untrue. Such a disclaimer [in most
Western countries] does not absolve the publisher of
responsibility.
If they were to be fair to all concerned, both advertiser
AND reader, they would publish the relevant Chinese
legislation on their site, in an obvious position, thus
allowing the reader and potential applicant the
opportunity to make a valued judgment. By not doing so
and resorting to legal "gobbly-gook" they are only
discrediting themselves and the good name of TEFL, as a
consequence.¡±
Another friend writes ¡°I do stand to be corrected on
this, but I was always under the
impression that under English law advertisments had to be
factual and honest.
Any untruths were punishable with a hefty fine and
possible
imprisonment.¡±
To be completely fair to TEFL.com, let us assume, for the
sake of argument, that they are not in violation of any
law, policy, goal or objective of any country. The fact
remains that they are running job advertisements for
EFL/ESL teaching positions which claim to require no EFL?
ESL training or experience, let alone any regular teacher
training or teaching experience. Every professional
teacher in the world should be reeling from the sting of
this resounding disrespectful slap in the face. TEFL.com
reduces the teaching profession to a glorified babysitting
job.
Professional teachers everywhere should consider
boycotting this web site that shows so much disrespect and
contempt for their profession, while milking it for
whatever advertising income may be available.
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