Proper English
Language & Identity
Education & Inequality
Dialects vs. Errors
Code-Switching
100

People always say kids today don't do this properly.

What is Read or Write?

100

The author argues that writing has a close relationship with identity, culture, and this.

What is style/genre?

100

This form of English is most often valued in schools and colleges.

What is Standard Written English?

100

The article argues that linguistic differences are often mistaken for these.

What are errors?

100

This term refers to changing language choices for different audiences and situations.

What is code-switching?

200

This belief says that there is only one correct way to use English.

What is Proper English?

200

According to the article, language cannot be separated from these.

What are people?

200

Pattanayak argues that many students face challenges in college due to differences in their linguistic ....

What are backgrounds?

200

This dialect is used as an example of a legitimate language system with its own rules.

What is Ebonics?

200

The article says code-switching can help students adapt to different this.

What are audiences?

300

Writing changes depending on your audience and this...

What is Culture or Identity?

300

The idea of correct language can devalue people's cultures and these.

What are identities?

300

Gloria Ladson-Billings uses this term for the accumulated effects of unequal education across generations.

What is educational debt?

300

Immigrant groups often speak and write English influenced by this language.

What is their mother tongue/native language?

300

One benefit of code-switching is that it can do this for young people.

What is empower them?

400

The essay says writing rules are not fixed, as they do this over time.

What is Change?

400

Judging someone's language often leads others to make assumptions about their intelligence and this.

What is character?

400

Lynn Z. Bloom describes freshman composition as this type of enterprise.

What is a middle-class enterprise?

400

The article argues that many language patterns viewed as mistakes are actually evidence of this.

What is a distinct dialect or linguistic system?

400

Although useful, the article says code-switching remains tied to the belief that there is one ... way of writing.

What is correct?

500

The idea of one correct English comes from this strict school tradition.

What is Current-Traditional Rhetoric?

500

The article argues that labeling dialects as incorrect can marginalize groups based on their language and this.

What is culture?

500

The author argues that education can unintentionally reinforce this process against certain cultures and identities.

What is marginalization?

500

According to the article, dismissing dialects can devalue people's experiences and their literacy this.

What are practices?

500

The author argues that code-switching still places the burden of adaptation on these students.

Who are minority students or speakers of nonstandard dialects?