28176: Hermantin RE: 28158: Corbett (reply) Books from Educa Vision (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: leonie hermantin <lhermantin@hotmail.com>

Dear Bob:

A few years ago, I participated in a lively debate about the possibility of 
offering Creole as a foreign language in a manner that was comparable to 
French, German, Italian etc.  I argued that any immersion language program 
needed to be supported by multiple educational resources which I doubted were 
available in Creole. I challenged the Creolists on Corbetland to come up with a 
list of textbooks about Chemistry, Algebra, Geometry etc. in Creole... and 
there were no takers.

For the past six months or so I have participated in many meetings where school 
administrators and parents have been  discussing the very real possibility of 
offering Creole as a foreign language option at a local  elementary school. 
When I inquired about the availabilty of  support material in Creole , I was 
informed that they would be relying primarily on Educa Vision to provide 
texbooks and other materials needed to implement K-5  instruction in Creole.

As the nay sayer who said show me... I got 'showed" good.... Congrats to Educa 
Vision's  Fequiere Vilsaint and Maud Heurtelou!!!