Personal Narrative: I Turned Speaking Standard English Language

Naturally acquiring English comes with time and growth from an infant to a toddler to a child. Even after childhood, time is still spent refining and mastering Standard English skills. The English acquired when we are just learning to talk is incomplete, short, and often incorrect. We use simple words like "Up" to mean "Pick me up", and "Mo" for "I want more". When we collect more words for our vocabularies, we form incorrect sentences like "I goed with mommy". When we study Standard English, we are taught the correct forms. The correct usage of Standard English is an important step in ones English developement. Later on in life, Standard English is expected in environments such as interviews and the workplace. Without Standard English, one's

Hi Divina, my name is Corey Wilson and i agree with you in some ways. I can understand when people talk slang or broken english but i do not like to read it. I also think speaking properly will make people more prone to listen to you and want to follow your instructions. A big part of my learning is accepting constructive criticism. It was hard at first but really works when you are able to be corrected and learn from it

I have been teaching for 6 years, and in that time I have been exposed to thousands of students, and it should be no surprise that every year there is a small group of students who modify my worldview, make me better, and teach me necessary lessons. Reilly Edgar is one of those students. He walked into my theology class second semester of his junior year with a quiet and respectful demeanor. I had spent the previous semester laying the foundation for a trusting relationship with his classmates. We were about to enter into the world of morality where the progress of the class would be predicated upon the student’s willingness to engage in discussions on pressing issues such as racism, sexual assault, gender roles, sexuality and abortion. Reilly

I was in your Rennaissance English class at Horn from 2001- 2004. I attended Stanford University for undergrad before moving to Washington, DC where I taught middle school math. After I left the classroom, I was a coach of first-year math teachers and then began coaching school principals on instructional leadership. This summer I moved to Cambridge, MA where I'm the Chief of Staff for the Achievement

There are pros and cons when it comes to whether or not one should speak in either vernacular or standard English with one of those being the location and environment are two major considerations. Sadly, that is what it has all come down to and it is noted by June Jordan “...as an endangered species...” meaning it is rather difficult to find people that speak vernacular English, nowadays, without conforming themselves to the oppressor’s ways. Her statement is agreeable in the sense that slaves were brought to the United States not knowing the language and were forced to learn, what they called, “the oppressor’s language.” They might have been stripped of their

Being part of the Dual Language program is an experience I cherish because of how it molded me into the person I am today; someone who appreciates their two cultures. I was apart of the Dual Language club in high school, that was a club for bilingual students and for Dual Language students. Further, being part of a diverse program made me realize that I want to continue to celebrate and appreciate my two cultures. The Dual Language program exposed me to a culture embedded in my roots, for that I am thankful for it. Being active and part of two different cultures has impacted me more than any other experience.

Schools teach us to value “proper” English as

Initially, I was not confident having my writing assessed by an online tool, as I was sure there would be numerous errors. Surprisingly, however, I received a lot of positive feedback. Firstly, Paper Rater (2014) found no mistakes in my spelling, grammar or punctuation; my sentences were all an appropriate length, and the use of transitional phrases made my writing flow nicely. Additionally, while reading Grellier and Goerke (2014), I realised I had used simple, direct language in my wiritng and avoided using clichés or redundant phrases. Finally, Writer’s Diet gave me an overall diagnosis of ‘fit and trim’, with a lean use of nouns, prepositions and words like it, this, that and there. These results were, pleasing; however, there were

My literacy journey had begun earlier than most kids, according to my mother. I started reading in kindergarten, with help with the BOB books and the PBS show Between the Lions. I don’t know when I had started writing exactly, but I remember clearly writing short stories about my cat Stormy in 3rd grade. At that time we had to write weekly short stories, and I only ever wrote about my cat. In 4th grade, I had started exploring writing more; I would write plays for me and my friends to practice during recess. Most of them, I’m happy to say, were actually educational, so my teacher had even let my friends and I perform one about early-American settlers in front of our whole class.

My past writing experience has ranged from writing one paragraph free flowing writing, to having a prompt to write about and typing about 4 or 5 pages. In high school, I do not think I have typed more than 5 pages on one topic. When I first started to learn to write, my teachers mainly looked at my grammer or just simple spelling errors or other simple mistakes. However, as I've progressed through school my teachers started to look at paragraph structure, thesis statement, conclusion, citations along with other improtant details that I will be using when I write papers. I did not take compostion in high school as I just took English I, English II, English III, and English IV.

I can think of one instance where my girlfriends and I had a major communication failure. A few weeks ago, I got together with two of my girlfriends Jennifer and Robbin for lunch at Red Robin located at the Hamilton Mall. We were having normal girl chat and of course, the main topic was guys and makeup. We realized we were all in need of new makeup and decided after lunch we would meet at Ulta for a much-needed shopping spree and even mentioned how close it was, that it was only right around the corner. Jennifer and I rode together and told Robbin to meet us there. So, we left and within a few minutes parked and waited for Robbing to arrive, ten minutes later still no Robbin. I finally said, “do you think she went to the Hixson Ulta?”

I walk over to the nine-year-old boy sitting across the room as I reach for my pen and sheet of paper. As I approached him, I halted. Quietly, I asked him what he needed help with. Looking confused, he asked me what the word bough meant. I froze. I didn’t know what the word meant. Embarrassed of not knowing a fifth grade word, I asked the teacher for some assistance and after she told me what the word meant I understood and was then able to explain to him that a bough is just a synonym for a branch. Noticing that David was still confused as to what he was reading, I sat beside him and allowed him to read the passage out loud to me. While I defined the words that he didn’t know and listened to him read the passage, I was able to classify him as an English learner who just wanted to be just as good as the other kids.

I have become more proficient in English and Biology because I've been so focused on those subjects. However, Bio and English are not easy classes I would like to do much better in the classes because I want my GPA to go higher. I have become a better student as well because I do my homework and I listen to the teacher.. I need to improve on asking questions and being more involved with what the teacher talks about. Sometimes I feel like teacher get carried away with teaching the way they understand it instead of in a way we would understand it.

I was born and raised in Mandalay. My parents came from Mandalay, Myanmar. They both are Chinese so that I could speak two languages, Burmese and Chinese. I wasn’t really good at speaking Burmese when I was young. It took years to get me used to with it but then I moved to Yangon which is the Capital City of Myanmar. My accent was getting better since I got Yangon. All my neighbors were Burmese which helped me a lot to improve both my speaking and listening skills.

I can still remember the first time I ever picked up a pencil, it was when I was about four and that was also when I realized I was left-handed and double jointed in my finger because when I would hold a pencil really tight it would bend my finger back really far. From then on I dealt with bumping people while even writing my hand because somehow in every class I got sat next to someone right handed and was always on the right side.