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The love of all things English begins at a young age in non-English-speaking countries, promoted by pop culture, Hollywood movies, fast-food brands, sports events and TV shows.
Later, with English skills and international education qualifications from high school, the path is laid to prestigious international universities in the English-speaking world and employment opportunities at home and abroad.
But those opportunities aren't distributed equally across socioeconomic groups. Global education in English is largely reserved for middle-class students.
This is creating a divide between those inside the global English proficiency ecosystem and those relegated to parts of the education system where such opportunities don't exist.
[...] It's unfortunate so many schools view an English-speaking model as the gold standard and overlook their own local or regional wisdoms. We need to remember that encouraging young people to join a privileged English-speaking élite educated in foreign universities is only one of many possible educational options.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2020, @01:21PM (2 children)
Technically, it's called Ebonics and it reflects a rich cultural heritage.
(Score: 1) by Snort on Tuesday August 11 2020, @03:50PM (1 child)
You might want to google AAVE. African American Vernacular English.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday August 11 2020, @08:40PM
I don't think most people realize that AAVE is a legitimate creole, not just a low dialect of standard American English. Somewhat like Jamaican Patois, there are recognizable grammatical, syntactic, and phonemic differences from the acrolect. It's always interesting to see languages derive and change over time. That said, I find it grating to listen to and difficult to follow thanks to my poor hearing...
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