Re: mock linguistic play
Gordon Wells (gwells who-is-at oise.on.ca)
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:22:40 -0500 (EST)
On Tue, 12 Dec 1995, Phillip Allen White wrote:
> Practically every parent I have had a conference with who was
> worried about the progress their child was making in reading, was
> primarily worried that if their child wasn't a successful reader that
> then they would not be able to learn in the 'upper grades' - obviously
> the cultural assumption of many parents is that one learns to read in
> order to learn.
Yes, but it does rather beg the question of what one means by "learn".
Gordon
Gordon Wells, gwells who-is-at oise.on.ca
OISE, Toronto.