Jamila Lyiscott
I liked this video because many people don't think of street language as it's own language but it is. I have especially noticed that it is it's own language when I moved to Rhode Island. I came from a middle-class town in Massachusetts. No one in Uxbridge, Massachusetts uses street language. I then moved to North Providence, Rhode Island in June. I have come into contact with people who use terms I have never heard of. The towns aren't very far away from each other but have different ways of saying things.
This video got me thinking about how language is part of a culture. Even though we all live in America, each part of America has its own culture. Street language is English but a different form of English. I like when Jamila Lyiscott mentions how the British think we sound foolish. We tend to judge others based on the way they speak English. We tend to judge how intelligent a person is based on the way they speak when it's just the way they learned to speak.
This video can connect with what we are learning in class. Duplet mentions how no one ever talks about how there are different cultures in America that deserve personalized teaching plans. The uniform education system for all places in America is hurting our youth. Kids from a lower-class family need to be taught in a different way or even language than the middle-class kids.
This video got me thinking about how language is part of a culture. Even though we all live in America, each part of America has its own culture. Street language is English but a different form of English. I like when Jamila Lyiscott mentions how the British think we sound foolish. We tend to judge others based on the way they speak English. We tend to judge how intelligent a person is based on the way they speak when it's just the way they learned to speak.
This video can connect with what we are learning in class. Duplet mentions how no one ever talks about how there are different cultures in America that deserve personalized teaching plans. The uniform education system for all places in America is hurting our youth. Kids from a lower-class family need to be taught in a different way or even language than the middle-class kids.
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