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Jade Hayes
10/1/2011 01:12:49 pm
This presentation is AWESOME!!!
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Jade Hayes
10/1/2011 01:34:01 pm
When I was working in the NT I encountered a school where the teachers viewed Aboriginal English as a legitimate language in its own right, I had previously encountered Aboriginal academics who also saw it as valid, language. I noticed having lived in Indonesia as a child and speaking bahasa that many of my Indonesian friends would speak in the manner you described and I would often have to explain to other people the ways in which bahasa was different to English. Both of these language variants I have come into contact with, I found to be perfectly valid and felt no need to correct the speaker when conversing.
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Greg Quinlivan
10/1/2011 04:28:58 pm
Thanks for the support, Jade. I hadn't realised that about Aboriginal English, and it sounds like a positive approach to what functions as a living language in a real community. I agree we sometimes get over enthusiastic with correcting communications when they are already clear and those involved have had their needs met regardless of our pontificating.
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Bel Boothby
26/1/2011 01:09:54 pm
Greg, you can argue the relevance of simplifying the learning of English for second language students 'til the cows come home,this is a great idea but honestly I believed it will never happen. English is the lingua franca in the world and non-English Speaking students like me will always aim for the ultimate attainment of being able to use Standard English.
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