http://beaudry.edublogs.org/2007/03/01/grammar-vs-usage/ Reflections on readings and ideas related to teaching English and Language Arts Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:14:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://beaudry.edublogs.org/2007/03/01/grammar-vs-usage/comment-page-1/#comment-10 candance Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:14:50 +0000 http://beaudry.edublogs.org/2007/03/01/grammar-vs-usage/#comment-10 Kari, Your point on having a linguistics class that is geared specifically for English teachers is excellent and should be seriously considered in MEd program design. There are so many language issues that arise in the "English Classroom" (ELL, discourses, grammar, social linguistics--gender and class differences in language use etc.) Not only do these issues come up often, but they also put teachers in tough positions of having to make calls on what languages to privilege and which to discredit. I don't know much about the Kansas Method that your coop. teacher uses, but I hope that it is helpful in figuring out where you stand in the grammar debate. Kari,
Your point on having a linguistics class that is geared specifically for English teachers is excellent and should be seriously considered in MEd program design. There are so many language issues that arise in the “English Classroom” (ELL, discourses, grammar, social linguistics–gender and class differences in language use etc.) Not only do these issues come up often, but they also put teachers in tough positions of having to make calls on what languages to privilege and which to discredit. I don’t know much about the Kansas Method that your coop. teacher uses, but I hope that it is helpful in figuring out where you stand in the grammar debate.

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