Dear Carolyn,
  I was so happy to get your reply and straight away I ordered your 
`Meaning First: A Functional Handbook of Fifty Ways to Polish Your 
Writing`. 
  I would love to know how you went about (and are hopefully still going 
about)teaching functional grammar in your classes. 
  Is there any opportunity of getting a copy of the presentation of your 
research to the national Conference on College Composition and 
Communication (CCCC, part of the National Council of Teachers of English, 
NCTE)?
  Here in Japan the teaching by expatriate teachers is centred on an 
eclectic approach combining different elements of :traditional 
grammar,communicative language techniques and more recently task based 
approaches. (In the last six months I have found an excellent task-based 
textbook that works well with my students). Unfortunately the functional 
grammar approach as practiced in New South Wales - zero!
  Thank you so much for offering to help - are you by any chance an 
expat.Aussie?
  I guess the weather in Texas is not so good at the moment but I can 
assure you in Tokyo it is worse.
     Regards,
        John
  

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