This is a message Bruce Despain has asked me to forward to the ATEG forum because he has difficulty at this time posting on the list. Eduard ---------- Forward message ---------- Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 11:29:19 -0600 From: "Bruce Despain" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: The role of English teachers Eduard, Here are some comments you might want to post on the ATEG discussion list; my mail there isn't going just now. I wonder if the strong showing of Europeans in the description of English grammar in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries might have been due to the fact that Latin was the lingua-franca of the Middle Ages and part of the instruction of so many of the educated in former years. The Latin approach to language has the advantage that many languages have be approached in the same way. Perhaps modern linguistics simply hasn't progressed far enough to overcome this extreme bias. Perhaps the best way for modern linguistics contribute is by incremental insertions of insights into the curriculum. Bruce ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- NOTICE: This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------- To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/