Abstract or Introduction
[...] The transcript above represents two children having a minor argument before school. We can
immediately see that the children have used their local Teeside accent and dialect. Of course, we can
all understand the language used by the children in this context. But do we judge them and assume
they are receiving a poor education simply because their pronunciation is different to the version
that the Queen, politicians and national newsreaders use? Can we assume they are receiving a poor
education from the fact that both children responded to their mother with “nowt” as opposed to
“nothing?”
- Quote paper
- Kylie Mitchell (Author), 2013, Language plea by Sacred Heart Primary School: Have they undervalued the concept of context?, Munich, GRIN Verlag, https://www.grin.com/document/209704
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