Let me add my belated hoorays and agreements, Roger. Will this be the piece that finally persuades some people that student writing is not worse than ever and that the remedy is not More Grammar? Lord knows I've tried:
http://www.cea-ace.ca/education-canada/article/web-exclusive-case-not-teaching-grammar
http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/08/09/grammar-4eva-has-techspeak-made-time-honoured-language-skills-irrelevant-in-the-internet-age
But the belief that grammar drills will improve not only students' writing but society in general may be a conviction beyond the reach of rational appeal.
Sean Zwagerman
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Chair
Department of English
Simon Fraser University
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From: Roger Graves <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:26:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: University Affairs article on student writing
A short piece i wrote for University Affairs on student writing came online
today:
http://www.universityaffairs.ca/Article.aspx?id=112086
The comment area at the bottom might be a good way to extend or elaborate
this conversation.
Roger Graves
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Roger Graves
Director, Writing Across the Curriculum
University of Alberta
www.ualberta.ca/~graves1
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