Craig,
Count me in. I won't be at the ATEG conference, though. I'll be at the biennial St. Olaf Conference on Theology, Music, and the Arts instead, followed by a couple of weeks at the cottage.
Herb
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Craig Hancock
Sent: Thu 7/6/2006 9:44 PM
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Subject: Re: ATEG conference, Scope and Sequence project
Herb,
Can we sign you up for the working group?
Craig>
I support Ed's concern over terminology. Perhaps there needs to be a
> working group that will look not simply at terminology but at the
> principles underlying choice of terminology. We've all got our (least)
> favorite terms (I don't like "gerund" for English), and if we have some
> agreed upon principles for choosing terms we might make some progress at
> it. I think what I've read of the scope and sequence discussion bodes
> well for developing such principles. I don't suggest that we impose a set
> of terms; rather that we make a principled set available.
>
> Herb
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of Craig
> Hancock
> Sent: Thu 7/6/2006 4:08 PM
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> Subject: Re: ATEG conference, Scope and Sequence project
>
> Ed,
> I think that's a very reasonable question to ask. Should we go with
> more traditional terminology (like gerund) or for a revised
> understanding? Uniform terminology is one issue and what we choose is
> another.
> Before the conference, I'll be getting materials from England (NATE
> curriculum documents), and I'll bring them with me. (I'll also have
> ordering information if people want their own copies.)>I believe they
> have already addressed that issue; it will be interesting to see their
> choices.
>
> Craig
>
>
> Craig,
>> Is the "scope" question going to deal with what terminology should
>> be used, or is that problem going to be left wide open? In one of the
>> two last issues of the ATEG journal, I noted that "gerund" does not
>> appear to be an acceptable term.
>> Thanks,
>> Ed
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