Robert Irish wrote: > > Cathy's point that such teaching is easier is undoubtedly true, > and I know that that IS THE consideration in the course that English > foists on our Engineers at UT. But one can fight this attitude and even have small victories. We did at Carleton and, I think, did it quite successfully (don't know, though, how long what we have now as the Engineering Communication course is going to exist -- School of Engineering wants us to teach classes of 200 students rather then small workshops of 25). -- _____________________________________ Natasha Artemeva School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6 Canada Tel. +1 (613) 520 - 2600 ext. 7452 Fax +1 (613) 520 - 6641 E-mail: [log in to unmask] [log in to unmask]