Re: Verb specificity (Was: Re: Natural Order of Events)
| From: | Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, January 29, 2009, 18:04 |
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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,
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Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
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