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Elizibeth -
Last year, I gave a presentation to the IATE (Illinois Association if
Teachers of English - the state portion of NCTE) titled "Grammar for the
Right Brain." If you're interested, I'll snail mail the power point
version.
Geoff Layton
>From: Elizabeth Clark <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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>Subject: Right vs. Left Brain in Teaching Grammar
>Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:21:22 -0700
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>I'm a new member (so new that my check hasn't even come back). I learned
>about ATEG when I read The War Against Grammar by David Mulroy.
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>As an adjunct teaching mostly developmental English and first-year writing
>courses at college in the Denver metro area, I've seen how little students
>know about grammar--and writing. The developmental coordinator at one
>college said that the students had been taught grammar in public schools
>but "it didn't take." From what I've read and observed, that doesn't seem
>to be the case; students generally aren't being taught grammar--at least
>not methodically.
>
>I have a hypothesis, and I'm wondering if anyone has read or heard anything
>related to it. (You may have discussed this before.)
>
>Here's my idea: From what I've observed, most K-12 language arts teachers
>and English faculty seem to be right brained but the traditional method of
>teaching grammar is left brained. I happen to be left brained (I was a
>math major until I was a senior), and I enjoy teaching grammar and
>diagramming sentences. I think the "traditional" step-by-step approach
>should work well with left-brained students, but right-brained teachers
>find it boring and don't want to learn or teach grammar that way. Maybe we
>need two methods of teaching grammar--or more--to suit different learning
>styles.
>
>Elizabeth Clark
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