The Students Write to Their Own Langauge

Kylie Kohut
Professor Young
September 16, 2015
English 1100

A common argument in the academic field of writing is whether or not the teachers should allow students to incorporate their own language into their work. Even though there was a law passed in 1972 called the “Resolution on Student’s Right to Their Own Language”, people still have the thought that students need to speak “proper English” in their writing.  According to the law students can use their own language to give their papers a sense of style and show the diversity in the Country. I think that students should be able to write with their own language, because it would help a student be able to put their own thoughts on the paper in easier ways. It is a way to make every paper seem different and have a paper show you more of who the author is. When you take away the right for someone to use their own language you are taking away their culture and making it seem as though your culture is more important. In the Resolution it states, “The claim that any one dialect is unacceptable amounts to an attempt of one social group to exert its dominance over another.” Also as a nation that is supposed to welcome all different cultures and be so diverse we should take in the fact that other cultures have different languages. If we want to claim to be a diverse nation we should show that we are proud of it and one way of that would be to make students be able to write in their own language.