| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and “Wrong Language”
Elbow, P. (n.d.). Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and Wrong Language”. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | In the article Elbow describes the way he teaches and how it affects the students without a background in standard written english. He believes students should be able to express their writing in their own way and it should not be labeled as wrong. He lets his students create their writing in their own way and then at the end of the assignment he makes them translate it into standard written english. I agree with Elbow that students should be able to write in their own way without it being considered wrong or right. He is “trying to to make the writing classroom a safer place for such language than most other sites of language use”. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.
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Docile– “Students who have internalized a sense of inferiority about their mother tongue may be compliant and docile…” |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It connects to my own research because I also believe students should be able to write in their own ways without it being labeled wrong. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Do you all agree that students should be able to express their writing in their own ways? |