The Economist

Don’t ditch standard English. Teach it better

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 ...
The New York Times

Blackness and Standard English Can Coexist. Professors, Take Note.

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The Chronicle of Higher Education

Harmful Attitudes About Standard English Reinforce Social Inequity

In Rob Jenkins’s essay, “We Must Help Our Students Master Standard English” (The Chronicle, In Rob Jenkins’s essay, “We Must Help Our Students Master Standard English” (The Chronicle, April 10), he ...
The Conversation

Why universities shouldn’t mark down international students for using non‑standard English

The English language left its borders of origin in Britain long ago. It has been exported throughout the world through colonisation, travel and media. This process has created not one English, spoken ...