Date:  Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:08:56 -0700

From:  Dan Alford <dalford[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]S1.CSUHAYWARD.EDU>

Subject: Re: FOR English Only



STANDARD English is written. There is no spoken standard. Those are

really two different languages.



On Mon, 11 Sep 1995, POLSKY ELLEN S wrote:



> Can anyone really define STANDARD American English? We can't say that

> it's what the newscasters use, because they speak on t.v. in a variety of

> dialects. To say it's what the grammar books in school use is not

> satisfactory because there are many traditionally ungrammatical

> structures in the grammar books. So, what is "standard" English?

>

> If the Official English movement is in favor of having non-native

> speakers of English communicate in English, do they also support,

> and will the government, then, fund ESL programs across the country? As

> an ESL instructor, I can report that our programs are being CUT, not

> expanded!

>

> Ellen S. Polsky (Ellen.Polsky[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]Colorado.EDU)

>