Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 14:41:58 -0400

From: "Bethany K. Dumas, U of Tennessee" dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTKVX.UTK.EDU

Subject: Re: Ling Bio and Ellen Johnson



On Tue, 7 May 1996, Boyd Davis wrote:



A variation on the linguistic autobiography which has been positive and

successful lately: students use notes from a prompted session on creating

linguistic autobiography. The prompts begin with a 'talking world map' for

current places where conversations are crucial, and go back in time via

houseplan ...



Sounds interesting. I'd like to know more: who does the "prompting"? what

is the 'talking world map' like? Is there something in print I can read?



Thanks,

Bethany



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