Re:A mother tongue spoken by millions of Americans still get...
by kscaldef on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @08:09PM
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You're arguing against a strawman. The article states that no one is suggesting that students not learn Standard American English. The point it is making is that it is more useful in teaching SAE to recognize that some students arrive at school speaking a different dialect rather than with an incorrect understanding of SAE, and that acknowledging that explicitly is more productive than telling them never to speak their home language.
Re:A mother tongue spoken by millions of Americans still get...
by dsfasfasf on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @10:32PM
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>>and that acknowledging that explicitly is more productive than telling them never to speak their home language.
Home Language... Hahahahahahahahah. Seriously, you guys need to lower the BS. It is no more a language then the Spanish Puerto Ricans speak (Some people claim Puerto Ricans speak a dialect of Spanish. Seriously, what the hell? I've had to argue with people that it is just a different accent and some of them are simply mispronouncing some words because of the accent which they quickly loose if they go international). I have a bridge to sell all of you.
Re:A mother tongue spoken by millions of Americans still get...
by Evbn on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @10:58PM
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You sound far stupider than someone speaking Ebonics, and all else equal, I would certainly hire an intelligent and peceptive Ebonics speaker and than someone who displays muddled thinking in grammatical SE.
Re:A mother tongue spoken by millions of Americans still get...
by dsfasfasf on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @11:18PM
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I know you are but what am I....?
Re:A mother tongue spoken by millions of Americans still get...
by greggman on Tuesday April 02, 2013 @08:08PM
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Agree with your first point.
The article is not suggesting teaching AAVE. The article is suggesting not deriding people who speak AAVE at home, teaching them the difference between AAVE and "standard English", why it's important to know the difference, and when it's appropriate to use one vs the other.
If you graduate from high school speaking only AAVE, you are in big trouble. Students need to learn to speak standard English, whatever else they may or may not speak. Distracting from this huge priority with intellectual arguments about the validity of cultures does these kids a huge disservice.