Rita enters in a rush, very excited about having gone to the theatre, a real one, to see a play, Macbeth.
She begins telling Frank what she actually expected from the play saying "I thoughtit was gonna be dead borin' ". But even so, she wanted to experience by herself and she went eitherway.
After seeing the play, she found it "bleddin' great, honest... it done me in, it was fantastic".
She now wants to write about it, so excited she is... She even bought the book.
She frequently uses the word "fantastic" and "dead good" to refer to it.
Unfortunately, Rita wouldn't be able to use those wonderful expressions in an essay. Essays are part of rhe formal environment of education, and as such, she is not allowed to write with freedom to choose any vocabulary. She needs to adapt to the expected words and phrases necessary to write an academic piece of writing.
From my experience as a student, it can be difficult sometimes to find the correct words. And I have the feeling that Rita may find certain difficulties when the time comes for her to write her precious essay on Macbeth...
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Hi Lau,
It's true I also feel identify with Rita, sometimes it's very difficult to express what you really want to say.
But I think we are also eager to write and communicate what make us feel pleased - like Macbeth for Rita.
See you,
Pame
The question, Laura and Pame, would be who sets the rules and expectations at school (i.e. the academic world), and how fair this is on students from different backgrounds, especially in contexts that should be democratic...
You may enjoy our discussion on "Standard English" in our class wiki, I think. Remember you can leave your comments there too!
LOL,
Gladys
Hi Pame and Gladys!
It is difficult to know who has set the standards for the academic world... I suppose in many cases there are rules that have been socialy accepted and applied by schools as regards behaviour expected and accepted within the school environment, the language to be used inside the classroom or when writing papers...
Sometimes this fixed sets are not exactly fair to students, especially when they come from different backgrounds... We as teachers, and part of the educational environment, should try to welcome new ideas, within reason, so as to try to make our classroom more democratic and fair to all our students.
Bye!
Lau
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