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Survey of Attitudes toward Dialect Variances
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- I do not need to know Standard American English.
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- Every speaker of English uses at least one dialect, often more than one.
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- Billingual education (education in two languages) is a good way for non-English speaking students to learn English.
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- People who speak Standard English will get higher paying jobs than those who do not.
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- British English is a better dialect than American English.
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- Latin is a better language than Standard American English.
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- Standards in English are relative, not absolute.
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- The English language is deteriorating.
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- Teachers should correct students whose grammar or usage is different than Standard American English.
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- Being able to write in Standard American English is more important than being able to speak it.
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- Forms of English such as slang and Black English are degraded forms of standard English.
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- The pronunciation of English used in the Midwest U.S. is better than the pronunciation used in the Southeastern U.S.
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- Teachers should correct students who pronounce words differently than Standard American English.
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- People who say "that there" instead of "that" are uneducated.
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- Language changes over time.
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- Laws should be passed to make English the national language of the U.S.
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- It is important to me that I learn Standard American English.
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- All students should learn more than one language.
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- ESL students will learn English faster by full immersion--they should be put into classrooms where the only language allowed is English.
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- People who do not use slang are snobbish.
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