Date:    Thu, 26 Mar 1998 10:18:58 -0500
<br>From:    "Jeutonne P. Brewer"  jpbrewer[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HAMLET.UNCG.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: Banning words in class
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<br>On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, sonja lanehart wrote:
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<br>  In my Intro to Sociolinguistics class Winter 1998 quarter, a couple of the
<br>  students who are TAs for the intro composition class said they tried to
<br>  ban the filler "like" in speech but had to give up the ban because
<br>  students found they couldn't construct a thought without using it.
<br>  Apparently the students just decided not to talk during class because the
<br>  task of censoring their words was too much for them to overcome--or
<br>  adjust.   --SL
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<br>  Sonja L. Lanehart
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<br>Good point. I think trying to ban words in class is more trouble
<br>than its worth. Also, this approach puts the responsibility for
<br>monitoring on the instructor rather than on the student.
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<br>Department of English
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