ATEG Members:
After three phone calls over a month’s
time, I cannot get the editor of the Journal of ATEG to respond.
So, I’m assuming we will
eventually need more book reviews. One is already in the editor’s hands,
but we’ll need others later.
The book I have up for review now is
the second edition of Grammar Demystified by Jonathan Price and Jeanne
Rodgers.
The book strikes me as one that
could be used in an elementary grammar course, even in a high school English,
or a freshman composition course. In part, it places emphasis on using grammar
as a way to explain certain writing problems. I have two copies, one to give
away to the reviewer (you won’t have to wait on the publisher.).
I’d like very much to get a
reviewer who hasn’t reviewed for us before. High school teachers and comp
teachers who use grammar to teach writing would suit me fine.
The review should be about two
double-spaced pages long. After I name the reviewer, The two of us will work
together to get the review ready for the journal.
Obviously, book reviews aren’t
the same as peer-reviewed articles, but chairs and administrators usually see
them as a scholarly effort.
Let me hear from you if you are
interested.
Marshall Myers
Book Review Editor
Journal of the Assembly of Teachers
of English Grammar
p.s. If any of you members spot a
book we should review in the journal, please let me know, and we’ll try
to accommodate.