Language must also be subjective, emotional, inspirational, and aesthetic, so teachers should employ both the method of fact and the method of imagination¶
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q1 i? Beyond scientific aims, language contains subjective, emotional, inspirational, and esthetic qualities, and teachers should turn to intuition, feeling, and imagination alongside fact, logic, and objectivity. → Jenkins 1962
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Jenkins 1962¶
Jenkins, William A. (1962). Time That Is Intolerant. Elementary English. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED030640
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Theoretical argument in the 'Language Is More Than a Science' section: the author proposes teachers "continue to employ the lessons which we have learned from science" but "now turn to the method of intuition, feeling, imagination," arguing imagination also creates knowledge.
"Language must also be subjective, emotional, inspirational and esthetic, to mention just four qualities."
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Language must also be subjective, emotional, inspirational, and aesthetic, so teachers should employ both the method of fact and the method of imagination |
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Language must also be subjective, emotional, inspirational, and aesthetic, so teachers should employ both the method of fact and the method of imagination |
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