This strategy sounds excellent.

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Subject: Re: Spoken vs. formal written English

Hi Steve,

The Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English would be a good resource.
One thing I do with my ESL students at the beginning of the semester is to
present them with two short essays on the same topic, one written in SPEWD
(I love that acronym!) and the other in academic English. Then I ask them
to analyze the two essays using a rubric that helps them recognize the
differences between the two registers.  A revelation for my Gen 1.5ers is
realizing that  "gonna" is actually "going to."

Terre


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From:   Stephen King <[log in to unmask]>
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Date:   12/20/2011 06:57 PM
Subject:        Spoken vs. formal written English
Sent by:        Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Can anyone direct me to a text that focuses, at length, on the differences
between spoken and written versions of language? It seems to me that a
great many of my community college students, especially those who have been
out of school for some time, use a version of English that could be
characterized as "Spoken English Written Down." (A colleague suggested the
acronym "SPEWD.") I have my own list of those differences, but am looking
for other resources. Many thanks in advance!

Steve King

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