Speaking from Experience

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" Speaking from Experience "
Yokoyama, Olga

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	930499
Doc. No	:	LA0mw0f1mz
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Yokoyama, Olga
Title & Author	:	Speaking from Experience [Article]\ Yokoyama, Olga
Title of Periodical	:	Issues in Applied Linguistics
Volume/ Issue Number	:	18/2
Date	:	2010
Abstract	:	This paper recapitulates the address given on the second day of the conference by the author as a representative of the hosting department. It is based on my personal experience as a lifelong learner of English and university professor, rather than on expert research on the subject. I recall the most embarrassing English errors I made during my teaching career, present evidence of the power of preconceived notions in judging language performance from my childhood and from my son’s youth, and provide examples of varying language use by English native speakers that present problems for the concept of linguistic “correctness.” I conclude by stressing the value of linguistic diversity found in the U.S. and the wisdom of nurturing the richness of linguistic heritages this country possesses.