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thundara  ·  4345 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ain’t No Reason

I was pointing out that they were toeing the middle line of encouraging teachers to instruct in a language the students were familiar with while also helping them to practice "business English."

I don't have an argument about the ethics of treating that as the superior language to be taught, but you're welcome to inform me more on the matter.





kleinbl00  ·  4345 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm saying that a conscious choice was being made to teach a "language" that, by anyone's judgement, is a vernacular at best. And, as vernaculars are not taught at any other school in the US, the choice to do so was a flagrantly active choice. It in no way reflects "toeing the line."

thundara  ·  4342 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I want to say they're not teaching the language, they're teaching with the language, but I think I'm in over my head. Halp. Abandoning ship.