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mephestopheles) wrote2009-08-16 09:51 pm
mephestopheles) wrote2009-08-16 09:51 pm
4 Reasons Why We Need to Teach Our Children Proper Grammar | HELP! Educational Blog
http://helptutorservices.com/blog/5-reasons-why-we-need-to-teach-our-children-proper-grammar/ (via shareaholic)
People judge you by how you speak- Whether you like it or not, people equate grammar with intelligence. It is important to teach children that the more broken their sentences are, the more slang they employ, and the more they mispronounce the words, the more they will be perceived as ignorant. Now does the use of incorrect English actually correlate to ignorance levels, or is that just perpetuating bogus stereotypes? I would argue in favor of the former, the latter being a complete cop-out.
People judge you by how you speak- Whether you like it or not, people equate grammar with intelligence. It is important to teach children that the more broken their sentences are, the more slang they employ, and the more they mispronounce the words, the more they will be perceived as ignorant. Now does the use of incorrect English actually correlate to ignorance levels, or is that just perpetuating bogus stereotypes? I would argue in favor of the former, the latter being a complete cop-out.