Cultural Deprivation- Language

Question 1

Statistics

Answer 1

Around 18% in primary and 13% in secondary don’t have English as first language or main used at home
English not 1st lang of majority of pupils in more than 1 in 9 schools

Question 2

Difficulties Caused

Answer 2

Difficulty in doing schoolwork or communicating with teachers, whit m/c teachers may mistake lang difficulties for lack of ability
Struggle to make friends
Use of non-standard or heavily accented English may be penalised unconsciously, active discouragement of mother tongue and neg labelling may lead to SFP

Question 3

The Swann Report

Answer 3

Language may hold back some children, but for the majority it was of little importance

Question 4

DfES

Answer 4

Any impact of language declines as children get older, and pre-school language difficulties rapidly overcome

Question 5

Department of Education

Answer 5

Pupils with English as 2nd language, who spoke another language at home, outperformed in the EBacc those with English as a mother tongue

Question 6

Crozier

Answer 6

Pakistani and Bangladeshi parents ‘kept their distance’ from children’s schools- trusted teachers to do their jobs, lacked confidence in their use of English, and there were no translators