teaching grammar stops violence

[Dennis Baron]

There's a new post on the Web of Language:  "Teaching grammar stops
violence."

"Teaching grammar stops violence.  French Minister of Education
Gilles de Robien insists that his new initiative to improve grammar
teaching in French schools will actually avert a repeat of the riots
that took place in the fall of 2005, when immigrant teenagers ran
through the streets night after night looting stores, attacking
police, and burning thousands of cars. ... "

read more about it on the Web of Language

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Dennis




Dennis Baron
Professor of English and Linguistics
Department of English
University of Illinois
608 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL 61801

office: 217-244-0568
fax: 217-333-4321

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