TEACHING ENGLISH as a first language is not easy—many youngsters leave school feeling they never quite mastered its finer points. Recently some commentators have been wondering whether the standard ...

In March, at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, one panel presentation was of particular interest: It concerned requirements in first-year college composition classes and ...

Expecting black students to write standard English that their teachers understand is racist, according to a University of Michigan professor. April Baker-Bell believes that “traditional approaches to ...

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I’m Mr Smith and today we’re going to practise how to use standard and non-standard English. These greetings all convey a similar message: Hello. However, some of these phrases include standard ...