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Kogawa, Eliza – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2021
This essay investigates the classroom talk and reflections of a Year 5 lesson on reading and writing beyond Standard English. Its title refers to 'Reflecting Realities', the CLPE survey of ethnic diversity in UK children's books. In changing 'reflecting' to 'representing' I seek to move beyond concern with sourcing representative texts to the work…
Descriptors: Language Variation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Childrens Literature
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Lockwood, Michael – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2012
This paper reports the findings of a small-scale research project which investigated the levels of awareness and knowledge of written standard English of 10 and 11-year-old children in two English primary schools. The project involved repeating in 2010 a written questionnaire previously used with children in the same schools in three separate…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Standard Spoken Usage, Language Variation, English
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Sung, Chit Cheung Matthew – Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, 2010
This paper reports on my first-hand experiences of being a "purist" in Hong Kong, during which time I was not allowed to use mixed code, a common discursive practice among Hongkongers in Hong Kong. I shall discuss the difficulties in using "pure" English and "pure" Chinese in my daily life, as well as exploring the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries