When I recently explained why teaching grammar in primary school still matters, Radio 4’s Today programme invited me to debate the importance of standard English. My opponent was Nevile Gwynne, a ...
Standard English is the form of English that is taught around the world and understood by all speakers of the language. Non-standard English is the informal version of the language, which can change ...
For years, many academics have questioned the importance — even the justice — of requiring college students to master standard English. The discussion 20 or 30 years ago was about a student’s right to ...
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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 ...
Acquiring the ability to speak fluent English has been a decades-long pursuit for many Japanese toiling to master the dominant language of the world. As English tightens its grip as a lingua franca in ...