William Rodney Herring's Courses

It seems to have been well-proven that it is another language rather than a dialect, but I am not sure if that means much in the argument. I think the strongest argument made was in comparison to the Hispanic community. I want to base this argument on the belief that I believe that primarily using standard English in the United States is acceptable. It is perfectly appropriate to have a primary language upon which education is based at all levels. Having more than one would create chaos. However, I think it is valuable to take into account the home language of the students a teacher is teaching. Just as ESL is given at the elementary and even sometimes secondary level, so a similar class should be provided for African American Ebonics speakers. They need to be taught standard American English in a particular and specific way that is catered to them just as we have accommodated for Hispanics. Of course, I think the location and demographics of a school should be taken into account as funding for programs like this in schools across the nation may not even be valuable. However, while their language is acceptable at home and should be considered, I still believe that there should be a standard English learned. The main reason for this is that it is real life. If someone who is poor wants to get out of their circumstances and raise into a higher level career or education, they will need to know standard English because of its wide usage.