This document discusses standard English and its use in education. It addresses the debate around standard English versus vernacular dialects, and different approaches to teaching standard English such as eradicationism, bidialectalism, and dialect rights. Conditions for effectively teaching standard English are also examined, including recognizing group identities, clarity of goals, understanding dialect diversity, and systematic differences between standard and nonstandard forms. The optimal age for acquiring a second dialect is also debated.

1. Standard English and education

2. Applied dialectology Is a subfield of dialectology concerning the usage of the study of dialects in an educational setting or even in sociopolitical issues related to language.

3. Standards and english Decline of Standard English as a symbol of declining morals in american society. Underlying concern for the sovereignity of Standard English(influence of mass media).

4. Debate Questions What precisely is American English in a given community context, and who speaks it? What happens ot vernacular dialects when they confront the standard variety in different settings? Can Standard English be taught effectively in an educational setting?where and how is the Standard variety best learned?

5. What Standard? Levels of Standard English. Relevance of Formal Standard. Dialect v/s Accent. SAE v/s NSE

7. Bidialectalism: a balance between SAE and DialectAccordingtothesituation.

9. Cultural implications.

10. Stigmatization.

12. Sytematic differences between the standard and nonstandard English forms. Current understanding of how a second dialect is acquired.

13. Age of acquisiton General Assumption: during early childhood. Recommended age: during early adulthood.