Language As An Identity
Language As Identification
Since about the age of five years old you have been taught how to speak, how to pronounce and enunciate your words. Grammar, Literature, Creative Writing, all these are classes offered to help you develop and nurture you speaking/ writing skills. You’ve had English classes all your life, so why is it that when around your peers and not in a formal situation it is so easy to slip back into the slang and none grammar usage language that you have been taught to avoid? Actually this happens so often it affects how others think of young people as a whole, and the sad thing about it is they are almost right. What is the purpose of taking classes that teaches you how to speak and sound at least slightly intelligent if you’re not going to appreciate it and use it. The answer is simple, to be taken seriously. Take corporate America for example, a position has opened at a distinguished law firm. Two people are selected to be interviewed, one because of an......
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