 Should non-standard English be banned in the classroom?
Hello everyone, I'm new.
I am from Taiwan, and I am a college student.
I am taking a linguistics class.
I will have a debate next Mon; therefore, I would like to collect some of your opinions.
My topic will be: Should non-standard varieties of English be banned in the "classroom"?
Examples of non-standard English would be:
1.Black English (so-called Ebonics)
2.African-American English
3.Pidgin(which is spoken in Hawaii)
The context of the "classroom" could be in preschool, kindergarten, elementary school, college, and so on.
Although I am on "No" side (which indicates disagree with the question), I welcome all the opinions no matter which side you are. Please let me know what you think to this question, and please tell me why you think non-standard English should be banned or why it should NOT be banned in the "classroom".
Sample of the reply:
1.Do you agree? Yes or No
2.Reason:
If you disagree to ban, the reason could be=>Students may lose interests in learning if they are not allowed to use non-standard English in the classsroom.
If you agree to ban=>Students can understand each others well if a commom language is spoken by everyone in the classroom.
Thank you very much for taking your time to make responses.  |