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A Plea For Caution: A Response To Frederick Burkhardt, Phillip R. Sloan

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

Professor Burkhardt's detailed and exhaustive analysis of this curious letter has provided a classic case of the kind of problems one might face in textual editing. My own interest in this letter was first generated during my editing of the Hunterian lectures of Darwin's contemporary, Richard Owen. It also relates to my long-term interest in the importance of Darwin's work on invertebrate organisms and its relevance to the origins of his evolutionary theory. This work commenced during his early years in Edinburgh and persisted through the Beagle years and even beyond into his eight years of study of the barnacles. …

November Meeting Of The Nhprc

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

At its meeting on November 13 and 14, held at the United States Supreme Court, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission passed a resolution adopting criteria for evaluating second-tier documentary editing projects.

A Glimpse Into Childhood: Review Of Susan Paul, The Memoir Of James Jackson, The Attentive And Obedient Scholar, Who Died In Boston, October 31, 1833, Aged Six Years And Eleven Months, Ed. Lois Brown., Constance B. Schulz

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

Sources by or about the lives of young children are not widely or easily available; sources offering a glimpse into the life a young African American child are particularly scarce. For that reason alone, Lois Brown's rediscovery of this long-neglected Memoir and Harvard University Press's decision to publish it in a serious scholarly edition (in paper as well as cloth) is an important contribution to the literature. Brown describes the Memoir, originally published in Boston in 1835 by the white antislavery activist bookseller and printer James Loring, as a combination of "two distinctive nineteenth- century literary forms, the didactic spiritual …

A Letter To John W. Carlin

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

At the end of October, the ADE Council learned that the agenda for the November 13 meeting of Commissioners of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission would include a plan for ranking ongoing NHPRC-funded editorial projects with an eye for possible curtailment of funds. Such a plan would have gone into effect only in case of financial emergency, and it would have applied only to the "second tier" of projects whose grant applications are considered in the spring, not the "first tier" Founding Fathers editions. Even so, the Council felt it wise to put the Association for Documentary Editing …

Recent Editions--December 2001

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

This quarterly bibliography of current documentary editions published on subjects in the fields of American and British history, literature, and culture is generally restricted to scholarly first editions of English-language works.

Documentary Editing--Index To Volume 23

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

No abstract provided.

Moving Beyond The Written Comment: Narrowing The Gap Between Response Practice And Research, Jane Fife, Peggy O'Neill

English Faculty Publications

While our field’s response practices have changed dramatically over the past two decades to involve more student comments on their own texts, empirical studies have lagged far behind classroom practices, focusing almost exclusively on teachers’ written comments as texts. By broadening our notion of response—and acknowledging the many and varied ways that teachers respond to student writing as well as the many and varied ways that students influence and interpret those responses—we will be able to narrow the gap between our teaching practices and our research questions.

Electronic Books: An Overview Of The First Two Generations., Todd O. Doman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The electronic text reading device, or e-book, is an idea that has reached the implementation stage. Technology has only recently made possible the production of a device to challenge the printed book’s dominance as the media for information transmission. These microprocessor-based devices are attempts to exceed the limitations of printed texts while retaining their strengths. Two generations of these devices, and the companies that created them, have reached the marketplace.

This thesis provides a short history of electronic text readers and gives an overview of the first and second generations. The issues that will affect the adoption of the e-book …

Is Humour Worth A Try In The Language Classroom, Pramarn Subphadoongchone

PASAA

For traditional language teaching, activities providing students with various learning routines tend to dominate the class. Though the primary goal of teaching is to have students experience the use of language, it is often detrimental if the class overemphasizes rote learning, especially for lower motivated students. Most language classes suffer from this mode of teaching as it creates tension in class and also a great deal of boredom. This may lead to negative feelings about language learning and in turn hinder learning.

Documentary Editing, Volume 23, Number 4, December 2001.

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

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Documentary Editing, Volume 23, Number 4, December 2001--Front Matter

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

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A Troublesome Letter Signed "Yrs Ch. Darwin", Frederick H. Burkhardt

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

In 1985 when the editors of the Correspondence of Charles Darwin were assembling letters for volume 2 (1837-1843), the letter to be described below came to their attention. The editors decided to omit it from the edition because, despite the "Ch. Darwin" signature, it was not considered an authentic Darwin letter. Some scholars have questioned this decision, among them Professor Phillip R. Sloan, who thinks that it may be a Darwin letter, or that at least it should be included as a letter of uncertain authorship. Accordingly, the editors have decided to review the decision and to consider whether any …

"A Superior Opportunity Of Being A Good Man": Review Of The Law Practice Of Abraham Lincoln: Complete Documentary Edition. Edited By Martha L. Benner And Cullom Davis., Gerald J. Prokopowicz

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

Great president. Lousy lawyer." In four words, a movie character played by the late actor Walter Matthau thus summed up the career of Abraham Lincoln. For most of the 136 years since Lincoln's death, general readers and scholars alike have accepted this verdict. Occasional Southern partisans have tried to belittle Lincoln's greatness as a president, but no substantial challenges to his overall reputation appeared between Edgar Lee Master's vitriolic Lincoln: The Man in 1931 and Lerone Bennett's Forced Into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream in 2000. During that span, hundreds of other authors portrayed Lincoln in every possible light: dynamic …

Ade Committees 2001-2002

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

No abstract provided.

English Curriculum Development For A Technology Institute Of Higher Learing, Achara Wongsothorn

PASAA

The article describes the curriculum developed for a technology institution of higher learning in Thailand by presenting the essential issues in English language curriculum development. The paradigm for developing an English curriculum was derived from the underlying principles which are practical and goal-oriented.

Beliefs About Learning Efl: A Study Of Thai Female High School Students, Ania Saorin Iborra, Miguel F. Ruiz Garrido

PASAA

This research describes beliefs about learning English as a foreign language of Thai female high school students and discusses the potential impact of these beliefs on students' expectations and strategies in English language learning. Four aspects of beliefs were studied: beliefs about the difficulty of English language learning, beliefs about foreign language aptitude, beliefs about the nature of language learning, and beliefs about communicative strategies. Questionnaires, adapted from BALLI (Beliefs About Language Learning Inventory), were used to collect the data. In addition, descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. The results demonstrated that the students held beliefs that are …

Don't Just Ask Your Students To Read But Act!, Supanee Chinnawongs

PASAA

How to make a reading class more entertaining.

Twenty Questions About Action Research, Kathleen M. Bailey

PASAA

For some time now, action research has been used to investigate important issues in language teaching and learning. Still, there is some confusion in our field about what action research is, how it is done, and whether or not it is a legitimate form of academic research. In this brief literature review, a variety of sources will be used to address these concerns.

The Esl Program At The University Of Weissnichtwo, Samue J. Sackett

PASAA

The University of Weissnichtwo, situated on the shores of Lake Wobegon, has received national attention for its championship horseshoe team, but little notice has been given to its success in providing training in English for the international students who have flocked to the campus. These students have not been attracted by the university's academic programs; its most prestigious program, research into cold-climate flax production, has little applicability in Africa, Central America, or Southeast Asia, which supply a full 20 percent of the university's entire student body.

Self-Evaluation Of Language Skills And Non-Linguistic Factors Through Www And E-Mail Tasks, Kanchana Prapphal

PASAA

This article aims at studying students' self-evaluation regarding their language skills and non-linguistic factors, i.e. cognitive skills, affect and IT knowledge in performing net tasks. Collaborative learning through the use of web sites and e-mail was tried out with twenty-five first year Engineering students at Chulalongkorn University Language Institute, Thailand in June 1998. The study was repeated in the same year with thirty-two first year Pharmaceutical Science students of the same institute to obtain valid and reliable conclusions. The analysis of both qualitative and quantitative data shows positive feedback of employing two net tasks to supplement the regular English courses.

The Use Of Corpora And Concordancing In Translation, Prima Millikamas

PASAA

This paper examines the roles, both theoretical and applied, which corpora1 play in the field of translation. The main emphasis of the paper is on the use of corpora evidence in applied translation studies, which include the teaching of translation in translator training and in foreign language learning. The paper also looks at the use of corpora as valuable resources for translators. Different types of corpora and their applications are reviewed in detail. In the end, the paper discusses the key success factors of corpus-driven translation.

The Genre Of Tourist Leaflets, Ania Saorin Iborra, Miguel F. Ruiz Garrido

PASAA

There have been many studies of Genre Analysis justifying the pedagogical implications of the Discourse Analysis system in the ESP classroom. Most of them have focused on research articles, medical texts, legislative documents and business correspondence, but little has been done about tourist texts. Based on the communicative purpose that several authors (Swales, 1990; Bhatia, 1993; Andersen, 1998) take as an essential criterion for defining a genre, we have selected 12 tourist leaflets to analyse their move structure. We have observed whether the stages of each text present a common order and content related to some specific intention for the …

How To Make Sure That There Is Something Learnt, Sibporn Sihsobhon

PASAA

One way to make sure that students understand what teachers are saying is to have teachers constantly get a response from learners.

Tales To Tell, Chatraporn Lertvatrakan

PASAA

Preparing a lesson plan on "narration" cannot be considered simple since it involves various aspects of language such as tenses, logical thinking, chronology, clause connectors (time markers), or even plots, characters, climaxes etc. How do teachers prepare their students to be good story tellers or writers? Most of the time, we value the product more than the process which generates the product. However, students need some incentive. Giving students tales or stories to read can help them understand the elements of good narrative that will eventually enhance their ability in both narrative writing and story telling. This is because common …

Magic Up Your Lesson!!, Navamol Sthapitanonda

PASAA

Nowadays, if you ask people to give the name of a fictional character that comes first to their mind, "Harry Potter" will be the name you hear most.

Documentary Editing, Volume 23, Number 3, September 2001--Front Matter

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A Hybrid Edition For The Available Man: Review Of The Papers Of William Henry Harrison, 1800-1815,Ed. Douglas E. Clanin And Ruth Dorrel., William C. Digiacomantonio

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) is an early American example of that perennial political type, the "Available Man." How else to explain the success of a public figure whose first elective office (as territorial delegate to Congress) was won by a margin of one vote; whose fortunes as governor of the Indiana Territory (1801-1812) waned longer than they waxed; whose pinnacle of glory at Tippecanoe endures in the national memory more as a limerick than a battle; and who reaped the political dividends of that battle only after twenty-five years, in a presidential campaign waged primarily by the conspicuous avoidance of …

Closing The Dutch Door: Review Of De Briefwisseling Van Anthonie Heinsius 1702-1720, Ed. A.]. Veenendaal, Jr., With M. T. A. Schouten., John B. Hattendorf

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

This is the nineteenth and final volume in A J. Veenendaal's magnificent edition of the private correspondence of the Grand Pensionary of Holland, Anthonie Heinsius (1641-1720). Fully described in a previous issue of this journal (see "A Dutch Door to Europe, 1702-1720," Documentary Editing 19 [September 1997]: 57-61), Heinsius's correspondence has long been recognized as the single most important source for European international history during the War of the Spanish Succession and its immediate aftermath. Over the course of a thirty-three-year project, this volume completes the total of 23,274 edited letters in Dutch, French, German, and English from the period …

Documentary Editing, Volume 23, Number 3, September 2001.

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

No abstract provided.

Nhprc Recommends Grants

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979-2011)

At its meeting in May 2001, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission recommended grants of up to $2,898,008, including $1,989,089 for non-Founding era documentary editing projects and $31,993 for subventions of editions.