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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 15:12:12 -0700
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- From: "David E. Schwalm" <IACDES@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Subject: Re: apology for conferencing
- In-Reply-To: note of 12/30/92 14:55
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- Not really a trick question, Eric. I have some concerns about the transfer
- from speaking to writing. The speaker/listener dynamic is much different from
- the writer/reader dynamic. That is, speaker and listerner share a context, and
- this sharing takes a great communicative burden off of the speaker. Often when
- we claim that a student has successfully *said* something that he/she had not
- successfully *written*, what has actually happned is that the listener has
- supplied more of the meaning than a reader can. The speaker has not really
- achieved more linguistic accuracy or completeness. The one of the major
- difficulties imposed by writing is that the writing must carry more context,
- must be more complete. People who function well in speaking situations (most
- of our students) often lack the linguistic control of the written language
- necessary to make an easy transition to effective writing. Thus, I really like
- the idea of computer conferencing where we can write about writing. Competent
- speaking and competent writing are related but they are by no means identical.
-
- -- David E. Schwalm, Assoc. Provost for Academic Programs
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