| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and “Wrong Language”
Elbow,Peter.Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and “Wrong Language.”Jaconlinejournal. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | The article talks about the conflict of making students conform to standard english while speaking and writing. It tells how Standard Written English also known as SWE can conform and change depending on what is being written. It further explains that when we see something wrong with how someone speaks or writes our first instinct is to get rid of it. People see others who speak differently or in other terms wrong as inferior to themself. The author explains, what if he himself were raised differently and now spoke what others refer to as interior or wrong dialect and how he would feel. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | “split infinitives”(Elbow 359)-a construction consisting of an infinitive with an adverb or other word inserted between to and the verb.
“colloquialisms”( Elbow 364)- a word or phrase that is not formal or literal, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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While taking English Composition 2 senior year, I did research on how the term “improper english” is a defamatory term. I wrote about how one’s accent does not show his or her intelligence. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Why do some associate a non-american accent or someone speaking a forgien language as inferior even though we live in a melting pot country. |