Andrew,

 

At our small liberal arts institution, I teach the grammar class for all English majors—including those in secondary ed—and a colleague teaches a course on the history of the English language. My PhD is in American literature, and hers is in British lit. We do not have anyone in our department who specializes in linguistics. Interestingly, the person who is currently running the secondary ed program for English majors has a PhD in comp/rhetoric.

 

 

Dear ATEG members:

 

I’m researching who most typically teaches the grammar course (or preferably two or more classes involving study of language, grammar, and/or methods of incorporating language instruction into one’s curriculum) in programs that prepare secondary education students in English Language Arts.  Are people with PhDs in linguistics more commonly recruited?  Or those with some combination of linguistics, education, comp/rhet, etc.?  I’d love to hear about the backgrounds of people who typically teach such courses at your instititutions.

 

Thanks so much,

 

Andrew

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew Smyth

Assistant Professor of English

Southern Connecticut State University

501 Crescent Street

New Haven, CT  06515

(203) 392-5113

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