Consider your native language privilege

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On Poster


Phrases people might use to judge someone's grammar: "Speak good English," "No excuses!" "Actually....," and "I think you meant..."

DON'T BE A "GRAMMAR SNOB"

"Proper" grammar is a social construct. Next time you're about to correct someone's grammar, consider your privilege.

NATIVE LANGUAGE PRIVILEGE

If you learn English as your first language, you're going to both understand it better and speak it more fluently. It's unfair to say that the English of those who are learning it as a second language is "broken' or needs to be 'fixed.'

Courtesy of the Department of Linguistics


Poster size: 18 x 24 in. Original inspiration for poster from Anne Lobeck's spring 2019 ENG 438/LING 402: Language Change and Variation. Adapted by Emily Hillman.