Blog Post #4

[Teachers] should recognize that the linguistic form a student brings to school is intimately connected with loved one’s community, and personal identity. To suggest that this form is “wrong” or, even worse, ignorant, is to suggest that somehing is wrong with the student and his or her family. (p.33)

As a teacher, you come across many students and those students bring with them many things, language included. Although teachers are supposed to correct their students, doing so in a way that may offend the student will not help them, it will differ them from wanting to learn.  As a teacher, it is important to not see how a person talks as being "uneducated" or "not correct" we could be offending this student and his/her family and that could be heartbreaking. Although, it is important to learn proper English for professional settings such as a job interview, when and how is the best way to correct a student who is not speaking with proper English?

I personally think the best time to approach this matter is at a young age.  The method I liked the most from the readings is to have the children mimic someone such as a newscaster. A newscaster is someone who kids may idolize and to listen to how they talk could be a big influence.