Hi Folks - A couple of colleagues and I are doing a presentation at NCTE, and since other ATEG members might be interested, I've clipped the program description below. It's grammar from a Systemic perspective, but we're trying to keep it as broadly applicable as possible. I find the NCTE program a bit overwhelming (my town's phone book is smaller), and I suspect not everything about grammar shows up in presentations marked as "grammar" presentations, so I'd appreciate any info about other grammar-related sections at the conference. -- Bill Spruiell Dept. of English Central Michigan University F.30 LINKING GRAMMATICAL CHOICES TO MEANINGS IN TEXTS (M-S-C) Javits Convention Center/1E18, Level 1 Sponsored by the North American Systemic Functional Linguistics Association, open to all These presenters will describe three ways in which to integrate the teaching of grammar with reading and writing. Working with the language of real texts, they will demonstrate activities that explore ways in which specific grammatical choices contribute to the meanings of those texts. Handouts will be provided that will encourage further exploration at home. Chair: Peter H. Fries, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant Presenters: Peter H. Fries, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, "Grammatical Choices and Text Meaning: The Case of the Passive Voice" Beth Samuelson, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, "Exploring Grammar through Language Corpora: Meaningful Applications for Language Education" William Spruiell, Central Michigan 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/