Comments on: The Decline of the English-speaking World http://www.therightperspective.org/2009/04/08/the-decline-of-the-english-speaking-world/ NYC's Most Dangerous Callers to Talk Radio give The RIGHT Perspective on their own show! Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:57:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: niradg http://www.therightperspective.org/2009/04/08/the-decline-of-the-english-speaking-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4290 niradg Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:31:33 +0000 http://www.therightperspective.org/?p=2675#comment-4290 Our language and culture are dying! Classic right-wing fear-mongering. Could be studied at the forthcoming Karl Rove School of Journalism at Oral Roberts University. Our language and culture are dying!

Classic right-wing fear-mongering. Could be studied at the forthcoming Karl Rove School of Journalism at Oral Roberts University.

]]> By: AnnaEsse http://www.therightperspective.org/2009/04/08/the-decline-of-the-english-speaking-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4160 AnnaEsse Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:41:12 +0000 http://www.therightperspective.org/?p=2675#comment-4160 I am a secondary school teacher in the country that gave the world Shakespeare and here's a little anecdote about English as she is spoke and writ these days! I was marking homework for a year 8 class I had never taught before and was becoming quite frustrated with the standard of spelling and grammar, as well as handwriting. This was not a class that had been identified as being low ability, just an average class of 12 year old kids. Then I came across a piece of work, which was beautifully written, with accurate punctuation (what's that?!!!) and spelling. The child's name looked French and when I was handing back the homework, I asked the young girl, who had a slight accent, where she came from and how long she had been in the UK; Belgium and three months!! That child's command of spoken and written English was the best in the class. I am a secondary school teacher in the country that gave the world Shakespeare and here’s a little anecdote about English as she is spoke and writ these days!

I was marking homework for a year 8 class I had never taught before and was becoming quite frustrated with the standard of spelling and grammar, as well as handwriting. This was not a class that had been identified as being low ability, just an average class of 12 year old kids. Then I came across a piece of work, which was beautifully written, with accurate punctuation (what’s that?!!!) and spelling. The child’s name looked French and when I was handing back the homework, I asked the young girl, who had a slight accent, where she came from and how long she had been in the UK; Belgium and three months!! That child’s command of spoken and written English was the best in the class.

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