grammar, composition teaching, good piece of writing

how is grammar to be taught with composition writing? is there any relationship between a good piece of writing and it’s grammar, aside from the simple phrase ‘grammatical error free’, which translates into compliance with grammatical rule. what i’m exploring in this essay is beyond the ‘compliance’ issue, how does renowned writers managed grammar in their writings (knowingly or unknowingly) so that it makes a good piece of literary work? did not manage to come out with much conclusions in this round of exploration coz the issue turned up to be too complex for a simple analysis of two pieces of writing to produce any recommendations.
and here’s it, the latest installment for my series of assignments:
《语法与作文教学实践探索–以三维语法为线索》
keywords: 语法, 作文教学, 三维语法, 句模, 从缺,语义, 语用


My Examinable Assignments Log:
1. 《窥探中外语言教学对学习动机的尝试与研究》
2. 《探寻篇章语法给华文教学的一些启示–从”我们中国人老早就认识’康乃馨’牛奶水”谈起》
3. 《语法与作文教学实践探索–以三维语法为线索》
4. akang datang

Lao She 老舍《养花》

我爱花,所以也爱养花。我可还没成为养花专家,因为没有工夫去作研究与试验。我只把养花当作生活中的一种乐趣,花开得大小好坏都不计较,只要开花,我就高兴。在我的小院中,到夏天,满是花草,小猫儿们只好上房去玩耍,地上没有它们的运动场。
  花虽多,但无奇花异草。珍贵的花草不易养活,看着一棵好花生病欲死是件难过的事。我不愿时时落泪。北京的气候,对养花来说,不算很好。冬天冷,春天多风,夏天不是干旱就是大雨倾盆;秋天最好,可是忽然会闹霜冻。在这种气候里,想把南方的好花养活,我还没有那么大的本事。因此,我只养些好种易活、自己会奋斗的花草。
  不过,尽管花草自己会奋斗,我若置之不理,任其自生自灭,它们多数还是会死了的。我得天天照管它们,象好朋友似的关切它们。一来二去,我摸着一些门道:有的喜阴,就别放在太阳地里,有的喜干,就别多浇水。这是个乐趣,摸住门道,花草养活了,而且三年五载老活着、开花,多么有意思呀!不是乱吹,这就是知识呀!多得些知识,一定不是坏事。
  我不是有腿病吗,不但不利于行,也不利于久坐。我不知道花草们受我的照顾,感谢我不感谢;我可得感谢它们。在我工作的时候,我总是写了几十个字,就到院中去看看,浇浇这棵,搬搬那盆,然后回到屋中再写一点,然后再出去,如此循环,把脑力劳动与体力劳动结合到一起,有益身心,胜于吃药。要是赶上狂风暴雨或天气突变哪,就得全家动员,抢救花草,十分紧张。几百盆花,都要很快地抢到屋里去,使人腰酸腿疼,热汗直流。第二天,天气好转,又得把花儿都搬出去,就又一次腰酸腿疼,热汗直流。可是,这多么有意思呀!不劳动,连棵花儿也养不活,这难道不是真理么?
  送牛奶的同志,进门就夸“好香”!这使我们全家都感到骄傲。赶到昙花开放的时候,约几位朋友来看看,更有秉烛夜游的神气——昙花总在夜里放蕊。花儿分根了,一棵分为数棵,就赠给朋友们一些;看着友人拿走自己的劳动果实,心里自然特别喜欢。
  当然,也有伤心的时候,今年夏天就有这么一回。三百株菊秧还在地上(没到移入盆中的时候),下了暴雨。邻家的墙倒了下来,菊秧被砸死者约三十多种,一百多棵!全家都几天没有笑容!
  有喜有忧,有笑有泪,有花有实,有香有色,既须劳动,又长见识,这就是养花的乐趣。
—— 原载1956年12月12日《文艺报》
mirrored from 百度知道

a Tupid’s Story

this animation entitled “Tupid’s Story” was put together by my student sihui and her friends imelda, daryl and yingxin for the “Valentine’s day event for MTV” competition.


valentine‘s just one month away and this story relates itself to the day 🙂 hope you enjoyed it as much as i do. like what i told sihui, there’s much to be desired towards the ending and a “to be continued …” can be added to the last frames. let’s wait for their next creative creation. enjoy 🙂

Logo – my first programming language

in the midst of writing a (next-to-meaningless) term paper and my mind drifted off (not surprising) and the word “Logo” came to mind.
gotten this off wikipedia:

Logo is a computer programming language used for functional programming. It is an easier to read adaptation and dialect of the Lisp language; some have called it “Lisp without the parentheses.” It was created for educational use, more so for constructivist teaching, by Daniel G. Bobrow, Wally Feurzeig and Seymour Papert. Today, it is known mainly for its “turtle graphics”, but it also has significant facilities for handling lists, files, I/O, and recursion. Logo can be used to teach most computer science concepts, as UC Berkeley Lecturer Brian Harvey does in his “Computer Science Logo Style” trilogy.

here’s a sample of logo’s code.
to get a copy of the berkeley’s logo, visit Brian Harvey’s home page or George Mills’ MSWLogo page.