Re: Verb specificity (Was: Re: Natural Order of Events)

This is not a general practice, this is specifically language
immersion.  Much more closely monitored and, at least IME, a separate
environment from regular schooling.

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 18:30, Larry Sulky <larrysulky@...> wrote:
>> My kids' experiences in French Immersion were different from yours, Matthew.
>> For one thing, the kids were not allowed to speak English during classes
>> that were in French -- not even between one another. The rule was more
>> firmly enforced as they got into the higher grades.
>
> I wonder how this was enforced... I have images of what was done to
> discourage speakers of "minority" languages from speaking their
> languages (e.g. Welsh in the UK, Breton in France, ...) at school.
>
> Perhaps no beatings, but did they have to wear a sign of shame around
> their neck or something?
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
>


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