Linguistics, Pedagogy, and Freshman Composition
Description:
The teaching of freshman composition can be a challenging and exciting endeavor if teachers are aware of current linguistic facts about the nature of language variations manifested by their students and the linguistic shortcomings of many textbooks. Awareness of the distinction of linguistic competence and linguistic performance can aid teachers in making freshman composition more realistic to students. These concepts are technically explained in Aspects of the Theory of Syntax by Noam Chomsky …
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Date:
May 1976
Creator:
Wright, Richard Eugene
Partner:
UNT Libraries