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 (1965), and are applied to dialect for teachers of composition by the Committee on CCCC Language Statement in Students' Right to Their Own Language (1974). With knowledge of linguistic principles, teachers can respond to their students' dialects humanistically and realistically and can teach academic English without making impressionistic and incorrect statements about non-academic variations from their students.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504452 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Wright, Richard Eugene |
| Contributors | Rulon, Curt M., Martin, Charles B., 1930-, Kobler, J. F. (Jasper Fred), 1928- |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iii, 87 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Wright, Richard Eugene, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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