2. Teaching Standard English
With so many countries using English as their first language, it is only to be expected that differing forms of Standard English have emerged. Is Standard British English more correct than Standard American English or Australian English? ... Not only does this disadvantage children who come from backgrounds where different forms of dialect are used, it may incite a resentment of those who have gone to school already knowing what is viewed as the "proper" language. ... Standard British, American or Australian English. ... This decline in English being taught by English speakers would surely mea...