rightwinger
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Notice the dodging of my question....I guess according to some having an accent and improperly pronouncing english words doesn't equate in any way to FLUENCY in english...
Does a southern accent count?
How about a Brooklyn or Boston accent?
All butcher the english language....so do some British accents
It's fine for people to have accents, but there are more refined NY accents and then there is Fran Drescher. English teachers should have refine, educated sounding accents to model to their students.
Whether people consider it classist, racist, or whatever, the way one speaks is a social clue that will be evaluated by others. It is important in the world of business, and the professional world of work. If someone makes grammatical errors common to the less educated people, it's noticeable. If you really want to help the underclass advance, then teaching them the subtleties of refined language will help them.
A very good movie about this subject, of course, is 'My Fair Lady'.
By the time I reached High School. English teachers were teaching literature and composition. We read novels and wrote papers on different topics.
I don't see what an accent has to do with that