Linguistic differences Flashcards

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who is impacted by linguistic differences

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  • differences between social classes
  • Minority ethnic groups
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Who came up with the language codes

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Bernstein

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Elaborated Code

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  • universal meanings
  • Grammatically complex, broad vocabulary
  • Formal context
  • Abstract
  • middle class
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Restricted code

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  • Particularistic meanings
  • grammatically simple, narrow selection of words
  • simple, informal language
  • context bound
  • working class
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How does it impact education

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  • teachers speak in elaborated code
  • text books and resources written in elaborated code
  • external examinations are written in elaborated code
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Evaluations of Bernstein

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  • class is more complex than middle and working class
  • students learn the elaborated code throughout their schooling
  • restricted code and elaborated code can be interchangeable in social situations
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Ethnicity and linguistic differences

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  • intersection of class and ethnicity
  • Bereiter and Engelmann some minority ethnic groups lack skills in English as not practiced at home
  • Colloquial language of some ethnic minority subcultural groups sets them out as different to other students
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Evaluations

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  • Swann Report non native speakers acquire skills of second language by time they leave school
  • language is an attribute of habitus - if this clashes with habitus of school could lead to negative perceptions by teachers
  • educational performance of Chinese and Indian students
  • multi lingual students performed better in standardised tests
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