Robert,
While I will not go into particulars in support of Johanna Rubba's
extensive,  magnificently informative, and linguistically well-founded
reply, I just wanted to register support of her response to the earlier
posting on latin-based instruction.
 
Actually, I think Johanna was pretty moderate in her comments on that
suggestion.  While it is true that she was emphatic in her reply, that
surely arose out of a certain incredulity on her part.
 
I really can't imagine how you find Rubba's reply showing a 'poor
understanding of language structure'. Actually... your comments seem ad
hominem. so I'll leave it at that.
 
ciao,
 
Rebecca Wheeler
linguist and writing teacher
 
 
 
>Johanna's rude reply to the inquiry about Latin based instruction
>shows a very poor understanding of language structure, linguistic
>epistemology, and the history of education.  It consists of re-cycled
>educationist jargon.
>
>Sincerely, Robert Einarsson
>please visit my web site at
>www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/einarssonb
 
 
 
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