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AAVE Influence On Life Essay

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AAVE Influence on life/Personal Experience I chose this topic to do more research to understand my own identity. As a college student writing an honors thesis and reading more literature, I think of SAE* and AAVE and how academic english task seem more difficult to me than it may be for an SAE* speaker. I picked this topic to learn more about how it can alter my academic success to learn if other Black people know what AAVE is and if they can identify how it alter their lives. Participants did see that AAVE changed their academic experience and had varying opinions of if it should be used in the classroom. Catherine, for instance, does not think SAE* should be considered the “proper” way to speak and that other language variants should be allowed in school as a way to …show more content…

Alexis, from a cultural standpoint, thought children should be allowed to articulate themselves in the way they are comfortable with and that there is no proper way to speak. Academically, Alexis thought that children should learn SAE* in a class in order for them to excel in higher education. She mentioned how AAVE speakers may get marked off on assignments if they were never taught how to use SAE*. Damaris also took a context stance and said that using SAE* is appropriate in some context and can be condescending in others. She said that children should learn SAE* in school because they will learn other dialects in their community. Kareem expressed that children should learn SAE* to be able to pronounce words correctly but that it is unfortunate for people with accents because they will have a harder time academically. Stephanie, the only non-AAVE speaker, also thinks that students should learn SAE* because it will put everyone at a more equal foundation so that they can flourish in higher education and work settings. All Interviews share the idea that people should be able to learn SAE* in school and be able to use

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