Arizona's attack on immigrations continues...

2Face · 05-24-2010, 07:56 PM

Latest victim - Arizona's teachers

http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0524/ari...chers-accents/

Quote:

Christina Parsons was born in Brazile and has taught the English Language Learners class in Tucson for more than 20 years, but she told CNN that she has been subjected to an audit based on her ability to pronounce English words.

"They just walked in in the middle of class," she told CNN's Thelma Gutierrez.

State School Superintendent Tom Horne denies the crackdown is based on teachers' accents. "We are not going after any accents including Spanish accents. It has to be faulty English. If students are being taught English and they're going to refer to a comma as a 'coma' people are going to misunderstand them," said Horne.

But studies have shown that non-native teachers actually make better educators, according to University of Arizona professor Roseann Gonzales. She says that the ability to pronounce the language is not the most important aspect to learning.

"Language is very contextual. We depend on the context to understand what words mean," Gonzales told CNN.

Parsons is still waiting on the results of her audit. "The Arizona Department of Educations gives us a certificate saying, 'Yes, you are certified to teach.' After that they say, 'No, I don't think you can do it so I'm going to go into the classroom and see if you are doing a good job.'"

CNN anchor Kyra Phillips disagrees with the new policy. "Would a guy like the Governor of California be allowed to teach kids how to learn English? Arnold's Austrian accent is as thick as his biceps but his English seems to be just fine," remarked Phillips.

withchemicals · 05-24-2010, 07:57 PM

http://www.rightsidenews.com/2010052...y-24-2010.html

This article pretty much sums up all current events, including the Arizona teacher firings.

Dreamer X · 05-24-2010, 08:40 PM

this is bull...

plz-724 · 05-24-2010, 10:11 PM

Naw shawty, this ain't no mo'fuc*ing problem. Haha maybe he should look at the way some natives murder the English language before he goes after people who try, but can't pronounce some words. Can anyone say racist?

arthur352 · 05-25-2010, 12:02 AM

Wow this is getting out of hand now.

exaltedkernal · 05-25-2010, 08:10 PM

Does this remind anyone else of Umbridge making fun of Hagrid in Harry Potter?

FrankoKid · 05-25-2010, 10:21 PM

man this needs to stop before i go up to a sheriff and punch iim in the freaking face man seriously......................sike

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