Hi Folks -

 

A couple of colleagues and I are doing a presentation at NCTE, and since
other ATEG members might be interested, I've clipped the program
description below.  It's grammar from a Systemic perspective, but we're
trying to keep it as broadly applicable as possible.  

 

I find the NCTE program a bit overwhelming (my town's phone book is
smaller), and I suspect not everything about grammar shows up in
presentations marked as "grammar" presentations, so I'd appreciate any
info about other grammar-related sections at the conference.

 

-- Bill Spruiell

Dept. of English

Central Michigan University

 

 

 

F.30 LINKING GRAMMATICAL CHOICES TO

MEANINGS IN TEXTS (M-S-C)

Javits Convention Center/1E18, Level 1

Sponsored by the North American Systemic Functional

Linguistics Association, open to all

These presenters will describe three ways in which to

integrate the teaching of grammar with reading and writing.

Working with the language of real texts, they will demonstrate

activities that explore ways in which specific

grammatical choices contribute to the meanings of those

texts. Handouts will be provided that will encourage

further exploration at home.

Chair: Peter H. Fries, Central Michigan University, Mount

Pleasant

Presenters: Peter H. Fries, Central Michigan University,

Mount Pleasant, "Grammatical Choices and Text Meaning:

The Case of the Passive Voice"

Beth Samuelson, Central Michigan University, Mount

Pleasant, "Exploring Grammar through Language Corpora:

Meaningful Applications for Language Education"

William Spruiell, Central Michigan


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