Tuesday, November 4, 2014

American English Class standards

Learning about the standard way of writing in english class is certainly an interesting topic to talk about or discuss. After reading the SRTOL article it appears to me that it is pretty clear that english classes want you speak english and write like if it was your first language. The only problem with that is that not every student in an english class is going to be white. So this means if people are of different races and cultures and their first language is not english then it is harder for them to learn how to write english correctly which includes writing at American english standards. Therefore, if students were able to write in english at their own comfort they would still be able to learn the English standard way of writing with due time. But since english teachers also tend to help out the students who they see fit better, results in discrimination. Which leads to oppression, and we cannot let english teacher oppress us students of color just, because our first language is not english. It would be the same scenario for english teachers if they were students at another country like Mexico, and they were trying to learn the Mexican Spanish standard way of writing in Spanish class. They would also feel discriminated against and oppressed by Spanish teachers since their first language is not Spanish. Every student in English should be treated with the same assistance and equality as any white American student. Just, because a colored student might be having trouble with writing a language that is not their native dialect should not get put down or oppressed over, on the contrary they should get more assistance than usual by English teachers, so they can be up to pare with English standards of writing.  

3 comments:

  1. I agree with this! I really late since Spanish is my first language and I sometimes speak in my own discourse and I am being told by people "Speak English". I feel like I have been pushed away from my discourse.

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  2. This is exactly what I was discussing with my group during class. I feel like those whose first language is English have an advantage over individuals like myself who were forced to learn English as a second language. As far as my proficiency, I am good in the English language, however I feel like I will never be as good as a White American who only speaks English.

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  3. Yes I definitely agree with this. We are constantly enforced with the English Language way back when we were in grade school. So no matter where we go or what we do the English language is constantly around us in U.S. I strongly suggest keeping both of your discourse of the English and Spanish language at a balanced state.

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