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Milky Posted 19 years ago
Linguistics Studies

Vernacular speakers

0 Are ESL teachers prepared to teach standard English to U.S. vernacular speakers? 0-
  

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0 I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "vernacular speakers". Do you mean native speakers? What do you mean by ESL teachers?

— Marvin A.

  • 0 I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "vernacular speakers".
  • Do you mean native speakers?
  • What do you mean by ESL teachers?
  • Teachers that are qualified to teach English to foreigners, or teachers that are non-native speakers of English?
  • If you mean non-native speakers of English who are not very proficient in English, then no, it probably wouldn't be a good idea for them to teach native speakers of English standard written English.
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0 I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "vernacular speakers". Do you mean native speakers? What do you mean by ESL teachers? Teachers that are qualified to teach English to foreigners, or teachers that are non-native speakers of English? If you mean non-native speakers of English who are not very proficient in English, then no, it probably wouldn't be a good idea for them to teach native sp
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00<I'm not sure what exactly you mean by "vernacular speakers".> Those that speak a dialect which is not the standard or prestige form.02br
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00In general, yes - ESL (English as a Second Language) teachers already teach nonnatives world over, so we don't need
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0I have never thought that the vernacular is to refer to a dialect, but rather to a language. I have first encountered with it while reading the history of the English language. The writer said that English contuines to be use alongside the vernaculars in the colonies which gained independence. So I think he refers to the mother tongues (used in the local areas) which are completely different fr
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0<We can't say that the vernacular here could be a dialect becuase dialect means a variant of 01b00a02b00 language, not a language.>02br
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00And Standard English is also a variant. 0-
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0 Yea that's right but what I am trying to say here is that English has been used by the vernacular speakers as 01b00a lingua franca02b00. That's all.And I haven't expected that this term could be used to refer to different English dialects as well. But if this is the case, thanks for the info. 0-
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