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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.
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