Dialects, Gender, and the Writing Class

Autor/in	Shafer, Greg
Titel	Dialects, Gender, and the Writing Class
Quelle	In: Teaching English in the Two-Year College, 35 (2007) 2, S.169-178 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0098-6291
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Standard Spoken Usage; Dialects; Autobiographies; Writing Instruction; English Instruction; College Faculty; Gender Differences; Writing (Composition); College English; Personal Narratives; Language Usage; Social Influences; Context Effect; Cultural Influences + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Dialect; Dialekt; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Schreibunterricht; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Fakultät; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schreibübung; Erlebniserzählung; Sprachgebrauch; Sozialer Einfluss; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss
Abstract	On the first day of English composition, students unleash a torrent of reasons why writing scared them as they write their opening day personal autobiographies. Most comments focus on reasons that have little to do with the craft or complexities of great writing. Numerous students bemoan their use of "substandard" English, thinking that their ways with words create a deficit rather than a difference. What emerges from too many students, which is a concern for many other instructors, is a curious mixture of fear and ignorance about language in general and writing in particular. Despite the incredible range of registers they use in speaking with friends and college faculty--and their efficacy in adjusting their speech to the linguistic context--most students are convinced that they cannot write and that their use of language is deficient because they have not been taught enough proper English rules. In this article, the author questions monolithic notions of Standard English by exploring dialects, gender, and the complexities of language in various social and cultural contexts. (ERIC).
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Update	2017/4/10