Bowers & Cooke: A Linguist~Educator Exchange on How the English WordWorks

Pete Bowers and I were destined to meet. Back in the fall of 2008, I was connected to him through a colleague’s emailed question; by February of 2009, I was attending his workshop that a friend had set up in the Chicago area. That summer, the friend and I drove with our kids to Canada to attend Pete’s three-day WordWorks study session (an experience I highly recommend). Since then, we’ve co-presented at a couple of conferences, co-authored a couple of articles, and Pete attended my Etymology! seminar last spring.

Now, together in a joint weekend seminar for the first time, WordWorks and LEX present Word Detectives! Pete brings expert teaching and broad experience in classrooms all over the world, as well as a deep understanding of how the study of the writing system as it actually is provides an excellent canvas for the development of critical inquiry, problem solving, and a scientific mind. I’ll be offering the usual linguistic insights — including several recent discoveries about how words make sense.

So bring your favorite new words to puzzle over and make plans to join us in South Elgin!

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See you there!

14 Comments

  1. Please consider offering this again in the winter or spring so we can attend! Also, would you consider live streaming the class so more can participate?

    • We hope that this is the first of many joint ventures, and would love to be able to do some in other locations as well. We still don’t have all the tech specs for the site in terms of wireless access, but if we can pull together live streaming, I will post an update here.

  2. Kelli Sandman-Hurley says:

    We would love to host you in Southern California – San Diego specifically!

  3. Pete Bowers says:

    Southern California. Hmmmm. Let me think…
    Yes!

  4. Sue Maguire says:

    Gina
    This is your retired friend, Sue Maguire. I am thinking of attending if I can arrange it. Will your LEX cards be on sale? I am using them with my nephew who lives 21/2 hours from me. As winter sets in we will have to do our lessons via the internet so he will need his own set.

  5. Kristin Clark says:

    I am SO excited to come across this! I was just introduced to this way of thinking by Kelli Sandman-Hurley here in Iowa, and I have spent hours online learning about it. I am already finding that I cannot bear to tutor in the same way because I have been teaching things WRONG! I can’t wait to come and learn more. SOOOOOOO excited!

  6. Christy says:

    Can you describe each day’s content a bit in order to make a decision about attending one day or two? I may be missing it, but I don’t see that information.

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