The current liberal orthodoxy in the United Kingdom, the United States, and elsewhere in the English-speaking world, is against imposing Standard English on school students. But does this truly protect the underprivileged, or has it inflicted lasting educational damage on a generation of children?
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The current liberal orthodoxy in the United Kingdom, the United States, and elsewhere in the English-speaking world, is against imposing Standard English on school students. But does this truly protect the underprivileged, or has it inflicted lasting educational damage on a generation of children?
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Add this copy of Language is Power: the Story of Standard English and to cart. $4.02, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Faber &Faber.
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Very Good. Current liberal orthodoxy is against imposing Standard English on school students. But has this inflicted lasting damage on a generation of children? The author proposes that Standard English is a crucially important variety and examines whether British English will lose out to American English. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good. 1997. paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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