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Re: Teaching grammar (the ESL angle)
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Candace Lindquist <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 9 Jan 2000 21:56:49 EST
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>The essential question is whether what chimps do is language.  I have
> seen absolutely no evidence that chimps have anything like syntax of any
> natural human language.

I teach Language Arts to 8th grade humans right now, but such was not always
the case:  I worked with Koko the signing gorilla for several years, and
despite all the passionate ups and downs about what signing primates know or
do not know, I can tell you from first-hand experience that Koko is well
aware of the difference between "Koko eat sandwich" and "Sandwich eat Koko!"!

- Candce Lindquist
Campbell,San Jose, CA

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