Date:    Mon, 23 Mar 1998 08:45:29 -0800
<br>From:    Peter Richardson  prichard[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LINFIELD.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: seeking textbook advice
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<br>I think we have to be careful about hoping that a grammar book--any
<br>grammar book--will be the panacea that will enable us to "teach writing,
<br>not grammar." If anything, the last few decades of research in English
<br>composition have revealed that there is very little transfer of skill from
<br>grammar-based exercises to the writing of essays. College faculties around
<br>the country have mistakenly thought that a one-semester course in freshman
<br>composition would enable students to iron out the last little cobwebs and
<br>stride forth into writing tasks throughout the curriculum with mature
<br>writing--and thinking--habits. Wrong. We all need to teach writing
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<br>Topics of the day:
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<br>  1. METHODS (3)
<br>  2. "white coffee"
<br>  3. "divide and conquer"
<br>  4. RE Re: Annoy those Yankees! (fwd from a student)
<br>  5. "of" everywhere? (3)
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<br>Date:    Sat, 21 Mar 1998 19:52:57 -0800
<br>From:    Salikoko Mufwene  s-mufwene[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UCHICAGO.EDU 
<br>Subject: Re: METHODS
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<br>At 05:09 PM 3/21/98 EST, you wrote:
<br> Does anyone remember when and where the next METHODS conference will take
<br> place? Now that Alan Thomas has published the proceedings from the last
<br> conference, I'm reminded that it is time to start thinking about the next
<br>one.
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<br>I think that Sandra Clark, at St. John's, New Foundland, was making
<br>arrangements to host the conference in August 1999. Or will this be the one
<br>after what Ron is getting ready for?
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<br>Sali.
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