Looking beyond English
Thursday, May 5, 2011 - 06:00
in Psychology & Sociology
In fall 2008, Daniel Ginsberg, an English as a Second Language teacher at a public high school in Malden, Mass., approached MIT professor Wayne ONeil asking about incorporating linguistics into his curriculum to allow students to compare and contrast English with their native languages. ONeils answer? Such a curriculum doesnt exist for ESL students but hed be happy to help design one.