tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post5717983723067366736..comments2023-11-05T00:59:10.828-07:00Comments on decorabilia: finding the right voice: battling IM-speak in the classroomJim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-74357443518358030552007-02-12T17:42:00.000-08:002007-02-12T17:42:00.000-08:00I take a similar tack with my students. The world ...I take a similar tack with my students. The world is the way it is, filled with all sorts of different contexts that require all sorts of different language skills. I work to teach them how to recognize which contexts call for formal language, and which don't.<br><br>The funny thing is that they find that they already know how to use language in all sorts of contexts -- with parents vs. with friends, etc. -- they just don't know it. So I show them.Nusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16787190878612482337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-28378311395692129332007-02-12T17:53:00.000-08:002007-02-12T17:53:00.000-08:00And, in case you're still following House Bill...And, in case you're still following House Bill 1307 ...<br><br>http://www.usatoday.com/printedition/<br>news/20070212/edit12.art.htmNusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16787190878612482337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6865007.post-84093601591411726732007-02-12T20:31:00.000-08:002007-02-12T20:31:00.000-08:00Yep--just like Socrates showed millennia ago, half...Yep--just like Socrates showed millennia ago, half of education is making tacit knowledge un-tacit.<br><br>Thanks for the link. I'll be blogging it shortly.Jim Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09928624189124041120noreply@blogger.com