Persuasive Speech About Singlish

Thesis: All three authors portray the voice of many people, who, on a daily basis, are underprivileged of speaking their own language, thus, emphasizing onto the lives of linguistic minority students around the world and how they struggle to cope in school and at home.

English is a language which is known for a very long time. From roughly 400 a.C. it started to develop and this is still continuing. English has had a lot of invasions from languages while it eventually was spread all over the world. Meanwhile there are a lot of different types of English. Almost in every part of the world, English is influenced by other languages of that region. Just the same happened in Singapore. An English-based creole named Colloquial Singaporean English also known as Singlish has developed here. At the moment there is a discussion going on about the question if the Singaporean government should support or discourage Singlish?

Allowing students to speak dialects they chose when communicating with peers is acceptable outside of the classroom and in informal class discussions because there are no requirements that are necessary to reach within casual communication. If people were not able to speak the dialect they prefer, we would be rejecting them of their own lifestyles because we would not be allowing the freedom which the United States promises.

In more modern times the interaction of English speakers with other languages, through first colonialism, and later the emergence of English as a global language has enriched the vocabulary (‘pyjama’) and led to the evolution of different versions of English around the world, for example the hybrid ‘Singlish’ that has emerged in Singapore.

Reading chapter six from Beyond Grammar Language, Power, and the Classroom, written by Mary R. Harmon and Marilyn J. Wilson has open my eyes not to base peoples’ language off from standard American English because everyone has a different dialect depending on their culture. I am going to be more mindful of peoples’ dialect, and not be quick to judge a person based on their language because a person's language is what makes that individual unique. Instead, I am going to embrace the different dialects and use them as an advantage when teaching a classroom

Since we are teaching children the standard form of English, it is necessary that all primary teaching is in that form, however, society needs to understand that every child comes from a different background; a child may have grown up using a different form of English or even an entirely different language. Coming from an individual that grew up speaking a different language at home, it is difficult for students like us to make certain connections that children who grew up speaking the standard can make easily. We have a tougher time with seemingly simple concepts because our dialects/languages do not adhere to the same rules that the standard does. Although we have one unifying goal of educating the young in Standard English, all teaching should be based on the child’s background and try to use that to help them learn better and faster. As Pullum described, there is a lot of misconception involving using AAE to implement student’s learning. The point is not to make dialects like AAE a language course in schools or have classes be taught in those dialects, but rather to be used in conjunction with the Standard to efficiently ease children into the desired outcome. Judge Joiner offered a solution to the problem by requiring teachers to dedicate a certain amount of hours to understanding these children’s point of views. Verdelle, on the other hand, seems

I also think that having teachers that speak AAVE can help as well. The reason for thinking this is that these teachers would be able to translate words into Standard English and also decipher what the students are saying. Contemporary thinking of AAVE must change. Lives are shattered before they even begin because of that thinking. Again I will discuss the difficulties of learning two languages at once without the necessary tools. These things make it troublesome for an AAVE speakers to learn in schools and forces a lot of children into special education because of misdiagnoses. I will discuss why AAVE speakers sound the ways they do when they try to speak Standard English. It is similar to why any other speaker of a different language sound different when speaking Standard English. I know that there are debate about the difference of language and dialect. I will tackle that debate as well. I also will counter argue many misconceptions, myths, and confusion when it comes to AAVE. I didn’t choose the other three I had because they would have been excruciatingly long. I do believe that they are important topics. I just don’t have enough time to really get deep into those

Language is used to communicate and convey meaning from one person to another. It is an arbitrary system of sounds and symbols in which it is contextualised and is used to express cultural identity and social relationships. Language can be seen by the way individuals communicate through gestures and facial and body expressions. Language can be heard through voice and attitude (Gee & Hayes, 2011). Language is diverse in the sense that different languages have different words for the same concept. However language allows communication of values and beliefs. Kilickaya (2009) highlights that, ‘English is the best option for people from different backgrounds’. Within Standard English different registers are used to assist communication,

This article is credible because it was published in the Child Language Teaching and Therapy Journal. It was also found on the SAGE Journals online database. The article was produced by researchers who come from well-known and respected universities around the world. The article was published in 2016, and it is only one year old. This indicates that the information is current and up to date compared to other older findings in the field. The data collection process is also thoroughly described in the methodology section of the article (Waring, Eadie, Liow, & Dodd, 2016).

These students may find it very difficult to participate in English tasks and will quickly tire when constantly having to converse in English.

We haven't met, but my beautiful friend Kiara recommended you. I am starting what will be Melbourne's and possibly Australia's first "Business Slam" and I am looking for poetic speakers and/ or spoken word artists to be involved in the line up.

Australia is a Multicultural country and as such, many students come to school speaking languages other than Standard Australian English (SAE). They must develop proficiency in SAE to obtain equal access to classroom learning across the curriculum. Educating these students relies heavily on teachers having the knowledge and ability to teach English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D)

The issue of ‘guns laws in America’ has created grave concerns for the wellbeing and safety of it’s citizens, particularly in Oregon. Barak Obama, President of the United States, reads out a calculated speech addressing the many concerns and shocking truths that America faces on a ‘routine’ basis when these powerful ‘killing machines’ are in criminal possession. Expressing a sombre tone, Obama discusses that as an ‘advanced country’ on Earth ‘we’ need to do more to prevent this kind of behaviour instead of succumbing to ‘[numbness]’.

Due to technological advance, geographical obstacles can no longer isolate people. Even the people who live in isolated areas are exposed to standard English thanks to the overflowing mass media. Not only the mass media but SNS’s coverage of standard English takes a big role in abolishing dialects as well.

Nowadays, although teaching and learning English has constantly changed, the Audio-Lingual Method still plays a significant role in many English classes around the world. According to Larsen-Freeman (2000), the Audio-Lingual Method was developed from an interesting idea that behavioral psychology and linguistic conventions are closely related to each other. Thus, this method aims to enhance learners’ ability by overlearn and habit formation.