Ten Things that Teachers Should Teach (and Students Should Learn) about Language.

Barratt, Leslie

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Ten Things that Teachers Should Teach (and Students Should Learn) about Language.

Barratt, Leslie

Contemporary Education, v59 n2 p70-71 Win 1988

To create an environment which motivates students to learn the conventions of formal writing, teachers must teach children the place that these conventions have in language and in linguistic history. Principles that give students a broad picture of language are listed. (JL)

Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, English, Grammar, Language Styles, Language Usage, Language Variation, Student Motivation, Writing Instruction

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