| Date sent: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 21:26:01 EST Subject: Re: Diction (was Misheard Song Lyrics) To: vocalist Send reply to: VOCALIST <vocalist>
In a message dated 02/08/2000 12:55:01 PM Central Standard Time, jjh-at-NebrWesleyan.edu writes:
<< I am absolutely green with envy that you get a whole semester on one language! Shangri-la! Here, I have 1 measly credit (2 hours of "seat time" per week) to teach English, French, German, and Italian! Oh the pain! At the same time, I can't complain about it because this course was only recently instituted here, at the firm insistence of my predecessor in the job. In other words, we're lucky to have the 1 credit at all! >>
Actually, I was at a disadvantage because except for one student, NO ONE in my class had ever had IPA - and several of them were seniors!! So I had to really CRAM IPA down their throats. I think they need to add an IPA class for freshman and then focus on the individual languages!!
Chris Thomas Mezzo-Soprano Wauwatosa, WI
"I love to sing-a, about the moon-a and the June-a and the spring-a"
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