Students’ Right to their own Language: Students’ Perspective
Start Date
April 2024
Location
2nd floor - Library
Abstract
Because writing is an integral skill that all people must be able to use throughout their professional and personal lives, it’s important that students get a solid foundation and understanding of writing and the vast ways that language can be used to communicate. There is much debate on whether the “Standard English” format that schools use to teach today is accomplishing just that. Limiting student voices in an effort to educate them on the proper ways of writing is seen as something that restricts student understanding, excitement, and skill in writing. This can stunt students’ success in the professional world and their personal lives, which can be seen particularly in marginalized students or individuals whose dialect strays far from the mechanics of Standard English. We seek to learn more about students’ success in classrooms that administer Standard English, and particularly how students themselves view this discipline through their experiences.
Students’ Right to their own Language: Students’ Perspective
2nd floor - Library
Because writing is an integral skill that all people must be able to use throughout their professional and personal lives, it’s important that students get a solid foundation and understanding of writing and the vast ways that language can be used to communicate. There is much debate on whether the “Standard English” format that schools use to teach today is accomplishing just that. Limiting student voices in an effort to educate them on the proper ways of writing is seen as something that restricts student understanding, excitement, and skill in writing. This can stunt students’ success in the professional world and their personal lives, which can be seen particularly in marginalized students or individuals whose dialect strays far from the mechanics of Standard English. We seek to learn more about students’ success in classrooms that administer Standard English, and particularly how students themselves view this discipline through their experiences.
