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Direct linkKeely, Karen A. – English Journal, 2011
This article shows how students confront offensive language head-on by researching its history and reconsidering its use in contemporary conversation. It describes an assignment in which students study the histories and social reception of words (in some cases considered obscenities) used to insult people of various social categories. Students…
Descriptors: Writing Assignments, Essays, Student Research, Etymology
Peer reviewedGentry, J. Richard – Reading World, 1983
Presents a series of 10 true-false statements pertaining to dialect, then discusses the correct answers. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Peer reviewedLabrie, Normand; Quell, Carsten – World Englishes, 1997
Data on foreign language learning and conversational usage from 12 European Union member states (n=13,029) indicate language learning has increased considerably in 40 years. Of the most commonly learned languages (English, French, German), English has gained most, suggesting emergence as a lingua franca. One analysis gauged the probability that a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, English, Foreign Countries
