Had a quick chat with @TheOfficialJVS on @BBC3CR earlier in relation to reports of @ian_cushing's article about language policing in schools. Argued that this approach does young people a disservice - they are more aware and adept at style-shifting than some give them credit for.
Instead, use 'slang' to explore the fluidity of language, and work out with the young people themselves what is and isn't appropriate in any situation, why this might be the case, and whose 'appropriate' it it anyway? Better than pointless and inflexible policing.
If you're interested, listen here from around 1h 55m: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… @mcys_mmu @ManMetUni @dsmithMMU
Ian's original article is here (open access): doi.org/10.1017/S00474…. Reported in the Telegraph (as 'banning slang'): telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/0… and something I wrote on a similar subject: theconversation.com/slang-shouldnt…
Sorry, I was of course talking to @stuart_miles, not @TheOfficialJVS.
