Craig writes, "If our primary concern is with error, then a great deal never surfaces, for teacher or student alike."  

I worry that to some on the list this may sound like we should not be concerned with surface error.  Based on past discussions with Craig, I'm fairly certain he doesn't mean this, but only means that to limit our concern to surface error is to leave out much that is rich and interesting about how the language works.  I would argue that helping students gain control over "error" is an important task, that we should not neglect, but that it certainly isn't the whole task.

Peter Adams



On Feb 23, 2009, at 12:22 PM, Craig Hancock wrote:

f our primary concern is with error, then a great deal never surfaces, for teacher or student alike.

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