Biadialectical

Every person views the world through their own lens. As humans we were raised in various situations and under certain circumstances. Culture is a hard word to define in one sentence. For individuals, childhood circumstances, and situations play a role on the type of person you view yourself as, and how others view you. This is one small definition of culture. Dialect is an aspect of culture. In America, people speak many languages, and talk in various forms. There are various terms that people associate with language, such as Standard English, English Language Learners, and African American Vernacular, just to name a view. Not for one minute have I ever thought because the way someone speaks the English language, he or she can be placed a scale the outlines his or her success. Individuals look at others in the Media, and view how they talk as the way you should, or the way you shouldn’t. He talks black, or she talks white! What does that even mean? Like I mentioned before, in America today, people have their own dialect which defines who they are. This is a very positive component. The way youth talk needs to be embraced. We must also understand that Standard English is a tool for success. Growing up in the city, I, myself, didn’t speak Standard English, I spoke the dialect that was a part of my environment. As I grow older, and kept guiding myself toward success, I realized I had to step out of the home, and neighborhood dialect I was accustomed to, and incorporate the usage of Standard English towards my relationship to achievement. This is the mission I bring to you. We all have our own security in the way we speak. Learning and incorporating Standard English in the right situation can be a tough and also very fun method to learn how to use. It’s something that individuals have to take with them for the rest of their lives. I don’t talk the same way to my boss as I do to my friends, and I’d suppose you don’t either. This can be referred to as code switching. Code switching can become a talent. Let us take this talent and work on it to become better speakers, writers, readers, and citizens of the world.
Grammar can be a troublesome issue. If Brock Haussamen’s Grammar Alive a Guide for Teachers has taught me anything, it would be the various activities that I can do to implement learning about grammar fun and exciting. My friends and I live by motto; you have to play the part to live the part. To conquer grammar, I want students to become trained to understand when and where to use proper dialect. This will gives us the opportunity to act these scenarios out, to challenge each other, and to continually build off of what we’ve already learned. Language itself can’t be learned in a day. Society has become so fast pace, and things continue to change. The English Language is one of those things. Think of me as a coach rather then a teacher. I will habitually view new tricks that we can incorporate to better understand how to become more effective speakers. I will continually introduce these new methods to you, and have you perform them in your daily lives. The objective we want to conquer is to embrace the dialect we have, whether it’s one from our neighborhood, or one from another country, and learn how to use Standard English to help better channel us towards victory.