re Re: re Re: re Re: SLSL language

[Paul Mackin]

On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 09:54, David Morris wrote:
> > --- Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > > But it would never be a question of blindly using the same teaching methods
> on ALL special groups.  Using the home language as a means of teaching standard
> English (contrastive language teaching) would only be employed where is it
> shown to be useful and necessary. It's not really a question of "accomodating"
> everyone in the same way out of some notion of fairness,  but of what works on
> a particular group of children. Fairness consists of seeing to it that everyone
> comes away competent in standard English.
> 
> So then it's OK to tell SOME children that their homey-grammar is inferior, but
> not OK to say the same thing to OTHERS?


Strange conclusion to draw. 

P.