I was just informed that my dissertation won't be accessible via Proquest/UMI until approximately eight weeks from now. I can provide the Abstract, and then there are specific questions that I can answer, I would be happy to do so. Rosemary Dr. Rosemary R. Jackson VP-Educational Media and Distance Learning Kennedy-King College 6258 S. Union Chicago 60621 773.602.5000 or 773.487.1318 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: Geoffrey Layton <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, January 7, 2008 9:57 pm Subject: Re: attitudes about grammar > > How might we access your dissertation?> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 > 17:51:46 -0600> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: attitudes > about grammar> To: [log in to unmask]> > My recent > dissertation examined the ways that non-standard English > > speaking African American students adjust to the expectations by > > academic faculty that college students use Standard English > grammar. The > study examined the attitudes and perceptions such > students have about > using Standard English grammar, focusing > particularly on the > implications of the "acting white" > phenomenon.> > Dr. Rosemary R. Jackson> Vice President-Educational > Media and Distance Learning> Kennedy-King College> > Carol > Morrison wrote:> > > I am currently conducting research with my > Freshman writing sections on > > that topic as it relates to > learning grammar as a whole and the value > > that students assign > it in the spectrum of their writing curricula. The > > results of > my study will not be analyzed until the end of > > January/mid- > Feb.(I am working with a panel of researchers who are > > > examining other aspects of teaching grammar as well) I am not > aware of > > any published studies in that area, but I am also > interested in > > learning of them.> > Best-> > Carol Morrison> > > > > "Katz, Seth" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:> > > > Dear > Friends:> > > > A student in my introduction to language course > wants to do her> > final project on people's attitudes about > grammar. Has anyone> > studied and published work on why people > love--or fear--or loathe> > grammar? Can anyone point us to > research on the topic?> > > > Thanks--> > Seth> > > > Dr. Seth > Katz> > Assistant Professor> > Department of English> > Bradley > University> > > > > > 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/> > > > > > --------------------------------------- > ---------------------------------> > Be a better friend, > newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try > > it now. > > > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=51733/*http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i 62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > 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/> > > > 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/ > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real > difference.http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/? source=text_watchcause > 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/ > 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/