I too, enjoy Johanna's vigorous and intellectually sound expositions. She and I obviously disagree on certain matters, and that is healthy and fun. I do think that Latin is an excellent way to develop one's linguistic insights. I won't prolong the debate here, as I am working on just this very subject. Perhaps ATEG would welcome a presentation on this matter. In any case, I do hope to be able to listen to Johanna this summer, if I manage to make it out West. Mieke Mieke Koppen Tucker Bishop's University Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada > Robert, > While I will not go into particulars in support of Johanna Rubba's > extensive, magnificently informative, and linguistically well-founded > reply, I just wanted to register support of her response to the earlier > posting on latin-based instruction. > > Actually, I think Johanna was pretty moderate in her comments on that > suggestion. While it is true that she was emphatic in her reply, that > surely arose out of a certain incredulity on her part. > > I really can't imagine how you find Rubba's reply showing a 'poor > understanding of language structure'. Actually... your comments seem ad > hominem. so I'll leave it at that. > > ciao, > > Rebecca Wheeler > linguist and writing teacher > > > > >Johanna's rude reply to the inquiry about Latin based instruction > >shows a very poor understanding of language structure, linguistic > >epistemology, and the history of education. It consists of re-cycled > >educationist jargon. > > > >Sincerely, Robert Einarsson > >please visit my web site at > >www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/einarssonb > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Rebecca S. Wheeler, Ph.D. [log in to unmask] > Department of English office phone: (801) 626-6257 > Weber State University office fax: (801) 626-7760 > Ogden, UTah 84408-1201 home phone (801) 475-4012 > USA > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >