In our ELL pilot group meetings, we have often wondered about why it is important for us to recognize and make our students aware that Standard American English is a dialect (albeit a privileged one). David Crystal's comments may be useful for those of us who continue to deliberate on why we should (not) teach Standard American English and how we can contextualize our classroom practices in a world where there is not one variety of English, but many Englishes.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Which English Should We Teach?
In our ELL pilot group meetings, we have often wondered about why it is important for us to recognize and make our students aware that Standard American English is a dialect (albeit a privileged one). David Crystal's comments may be useful for those of us who continue to deliberate on why we should (not) teach Standard American English and how we can contextualize our classroom practices in a world where there is not one variety of English, but many Englishes.
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