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 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 New York Times

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

In March, at the annual Conference on College Composition and Communication, one panel presentation was of particular interest: It concerned requirements in first-year college composition classes and ...
The Conversation

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

Alexander Baratta and Paul Vincent Smith do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no ...
The Conversation

Five things people get wrong about standard English

Willem Hollmann is affiliated with the Committee for Linguistics in Education (CLiE) and with the Education Committee of the Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB). When I recently explained ...