Ebonics being pushed - idiot educators

[scaeagles]

Geez - Ok then, take out the words "Bad habits are" and replace with "Speaking like this is".

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Geez - Ok then, take out the words "Bad habits are" and replace with "Speaking like this is".

Well, then, you have the second scenario. By simultaneously saying, "You can't speak like this" and "It's not a language", you're implicitly saying that the only culture they know is wrong and improper. Bad news.

There are time-tested, proven techniques for teaching to kids who speak a foreign language. If, instead of denying the existance of the dialect, you accept it and work on teaching them what they need to know with language teaching techniques that work, a lot more students are going to be helped.