To Ed -- you ask if any of us have students analyze their own 
sentences. Well, you know I am going to do that, but we aren't into 
syntax yet.

I  have a question for you -- when you are in the beginning stages of 
grammar instruction, do you have your students immediately begin 
analyzing their own sentences, regardless of how long and complex they 
are? Do you do any pre-digesting by separating out the major chunks 
(e.g. clauses) for them? In other words, do you work up from less 
complex tasks to more complex ones?

Dr. Johanna Rubba, Associate Professor, Linguistics
Linguistics Minor Advisor
English Department
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Tel.: 805.756.2184
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URL: http://www.cla.calpoly.edu/~jrubba

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