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| Title | Editorial: Teachers with Accents May Be Better for Language Learners |
| Body | From http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/learning/accented-teachers-may-be-bette.html Accented teachers may be better for English language learners: study By Valerie Strauss May 5, 2010 A new study on how well students learn second languages from teachers with accents suggests that Arizona may be making a mistake by trying to remove heavily accented Hispanic teachers from classrooms filled with Hispanics trying to learn English. School districts in Arizona are under orders from the state Department of Education to remove teachers who speak English with a very heavy accent (and/or whose speech is ungrammatical) from classrooms with students who are learning to speak English. Officials say they want students who don’t know much English to have teachers who can best model how to speak the language. According to a new research study conducted in Israel, students learn a second language better from a teacher who speaks in the same accent as they do. The study, published in the Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, said that students learning from a teacher with the same accent have an easier time understanding the material. They don’t have to spend time trying to understand the English in a different accent. Read the full editorial at http://voices.washingtonpost.com/answer-sheet/learning/accented-teachers-may-be-bette.html |
| Source | Washington Post |
| Inputdate | 2010-05-16 11:15:22 |
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| Publishdate | 2010-05-17 00:00:00 |
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