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Post by metal56 » Sun May 27, 2007 8:00 am

Conventional pedagogic wisdom states that the written grammar of the language is sufficient for both writing and speaking, i.e. that the written grammar is the "default" form. Do you agree with conventional pedagogic wisdom?
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Post by lolwhites » Sun May 27, 2007 9:26 am

Does it really? I would say "no", given that the earliest writing goes back less than 10,000 years, while speech has been around for as long as humans.
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Post by metal56 » Sun May 27, 2007 1:21 pm

lolwhites wrote:Does it really? I would say "no", given that the earliest writing goes back less than 10,000 years, while speech has been around for as long as humans.
Ugg!
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Post by Lorikeet » Mon May 28, 2007 3:44 am

metal56 wrote:Conventional pedagogic wisdom states that the written grammar of the language is sufficient for both writing and speaking, i.e. that the written grammar is the "default" form. Do you agree with conventional pedagogic wisdom?
You mean we should teach our students to speak like we write?

And why "Ugg"?
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Re: Default form?

Post by metal56 » Mon May 28, 2007 5:52 am

Lorikeet wrote:
You mean we should teach our students to speak like we write?
I thought that many were already being taught to do exactly that. Isn't it so?
And why "Ugg"?
Neanderthal. Speaking is ancient.
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