Arabic-L:GEN:Cartoon dubbing

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Date: 12 Feb 2003
From: khorshid <khorshid at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Cartoon dubbing

Dear list members,

In his response, David Wilmsen described the dubbing of cartoons in
fusha as
an odd practice. I strongly disagree. I think that dubbing cartoons in
fusha
is the best way to teach children fusha because they love cartoons.
They learn
without being "taught". They don't have problems understanding the
language
because it's associated with the events of the stories. Many of us have
seen
children re-acting the cartoons in fusha, with the same intonation and
pronunciation! The equation is simple; expose the children to more
meaning
fusha, and they'll understand more of it. Expose them to less meaningful
fusha, and they'll understand less of it. I believe that dubbing
cartoons in
colloquial Arabic is done at the expense of fusha.

Ahmad Khorshid
Arabic Language Instructor

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