Monday, September 8, 2008
Beason
This reading assignment dealt with Larry Beason, and his explanation of what it meant to be 'bothered' by errors. The piece started off explaining the practice of following rules and regulations of the English language, and, one would suppose, grammar as an extension. According to the article, errors are bad because they interfere with the natural flow of communication. I personally am to the point of thinking that we should cover more hands-on work with grammar, rather than these wordy explanations of why we are wrong, with no ACTUAL explanation. Prepositions and clauses are still not my area of expertise, and I wish we could cover it in class, as well as being responsible for the material in our books.
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I get that you don't want to read any more theory. What's not clear to me is whether you understand the theory we've been reading. Your description of this reading, for example, doesn't say anything about Beason's decision to focus on "real world" readers from the world of business. Why did he think this might be a useful study for teachers and students?
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