SWE....

Why yes I do think Standard Written English should be taught. I believe we need it to communicate clearly and effectively. I think I said this when I commented on Rachel's blog, but I, for one, do not wish to spend my uber precious time seeking clarification from people. I usually have questions about what they write anyways, like when I further inquire about a topic. So, I don't want to spend (waste) more time trying to understand what they mean.

As far as how it should be taught, I dont have any revolutionary ideas. It is probably more productive for people to learn SWE through composition. This way they learn through practice and have a more hands on experience. It seems it would be more difficult to learn through worksheets and then try to apply it to writing. However, people learn in different ways, so I suppose it wouldn't hurt to use both methods.

That is all. For now.