RMislander
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- Oct 7, 2010
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- English Teacher
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- English
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- United States
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- South Korea
Economist Debates: English: Statements
This is a link to an excellent debate on whether or not American English should become the universal standard for English, and we used this to foster discussion with our students about how language evolves and spreads.
Personally, I think having any kind of universal standard English is somewhat presumptuous and restrictive, but the debate brought forward some great ideas from the debaters and from the comments section.
I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this! (If this link has already been posted, then you can ignore it!)
This is a link to an excellent debate on whether or not American English should become the universal standard for English, and we used this to foster discussion with our students about how language evolves and spreads.
Personally, I think having any kind of universal standard English is somewhat presumptuous and restrictive, but the debate brought forward some great ideas from the debaters and from the comments section.
I'd love to hear people's thoughts on this! (If this link has already been posted, then you can ignore it!)
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