Immigrants In USA Blog

This country was built by immigrants, it will continue to attract and need immigrants. Some people think there are enough people here now -- people have been saying this since the 1700s and it still is not true. They are needed to make up for our aging population and low birthrate. Immigrants often are entrepreneurs, creating jobs. We must help them become Americans and not just people who live here and think of themselves as visitors. When immigrants succeed here, the whole country benefits.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Teaching a foreign language? Best teach in the accent of the listener

A very interesting piece about learning a foreign language the easiest way: in the accent of the person learning. - - Donna Poisl

Provided by University of Haifa

Many adult schools teaching second languages insist on exposing their students to the languages in their 'original' accents. However, this new study, carried out by Dr. Raphiq Ibrahim and Dr. Mark Leikin of the University of Haifa's Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, Prof. Zohar Eviatar of the Department of Psychology and Prof. Shimon Sapir of the Department of Learning Disabilities, found that this system is not necessarily the best and certainly not the most expeditious.
Click on the headline to read the rest of this story! This is only a small part of it.

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Learning a foreign language has got a lot of benefits. It will help you to use your brain more effectively, and when you are on a trip to a foreign nation the foreign language courses that you took will really help you out.; 10:00 PM