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: Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t #IndiaNEWS When I recently explained why teaching grammar in primary school still matters, Radio 4’s Today programme invited

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Debunked: Five myths about what standard English is – and what it isn’t #IndiaNEWS
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 British private tutor, author and, as presenter Nick Robinson put it, a “stickler for the right sort of grammar?.Robinson asked that I explain my position, which is as follows: standard English should not be presented in the national curriculum as the only correct form, but as what it is, which is the socially most prestigious form. Saying it is the only correct way to speak puts those children who do not speak that way from birth at a disadvantage.How so? Well, if your teacher tells you that “I was going to the shoppHۛHܜX^H^H] [Y][H]H[^ZY] [HH[]H[XY[YH[[[]YK[^ZY 8'HٙH[H(B2F6vRFRvFW7VvVFWvWBF66( FW2B&VǒGFW"(&&66VBwwR( Ɩb6( vW&RvrFFR6
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