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S0097 · ncte_students_right_to_their_own_language_1974 · registry identity

Students' Right to Their Own Language

NCTE · 1974
policy document independent3 occurrences across 3 books · load 9
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P20 — A standard written language — a 'grapholect' — differs in kind from any spoken dialect: it is a deliberately normalised, trans-local, his…
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1977 · The Philosophy of Composition
The report 'Students’ Right to Their Own Language' is cited as a primary example of how linguistic doctrine is vulgarized and misapplied in literacy education.
direct The doctrine of universal correctness has been misapplied to support misguided experiments in teaching students to read and write in oral dialects.
ch 1 · historical_example · poc:ch1_E14
Warrant (implicit): Ideological manifestoes that advocate for the use of nonstandard dialects in literacy instruction are based on a misunderstanding of linguistic principles.
could fail ifThe advocacy for 'students' rights' may be based on pedagogical or political goals that are independent of the 'universal correctness' doctrine.
2006 · The Knowledge Deficit
The 1974/2003 NCTE manifesto 'Students’ Right to Their Own Language' as evidence of pedagogical shifts away from standard grammar.
related Controversies over dialect have inhibited schools from teaching formal syntax and grammar, which has negatively impacted disadvantaged children.
ch 3 · historical_example · kd:ch3_E8
2010 · The Making of Americans
The CCCC and NCTE resolution 'Students’ Right to Their Own Language' (1974/2003) which frames standard English as a myth of social dominance.
direct The resolution 'Students’ Right to Their Own Language' is factually inadmissible and ethically suspect.
ch 4 · historical_example · the-making-of-americans:ch4_E6
Warrant (explicit): Ideological statements that prioritize cultural identity over the mastery of a dominant communicative standard are harmful because they ignore the objective necessity of that standard for social mobility.
could fail ifThis assumes that 'Standard English' is a neutral tool rather than a sociopolitical gatekeeping mechanism that reinforces existing class hierarchies.
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poc:1:7
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  • Conference on College Composition and Communication (1974)