Posted by Adam Quinan on September 06, 2002 at 02:07:22 from 24.114.195.38 user Adam.
In Reply to: unit study on Arthur Ransome posted by Rachael Minich on September 05, 2002 at 14:29:43:
Another idea would be to compare the language used by the various characters with modern American English. You could bring in the geographical and social class differences in speech and also show that English is sppoken in a different way in different places, dialects, old English slang terms, nautical language etc..