lozzachino Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2449481/Education-crisis-Up-8-5MILLION-numeracy-level-10-year-old.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Wow, and I fort me English and maths skills was all write.! Did not do me any arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJT Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Akasully that did make me laugh!! Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Wow, and I fort me English and maths skills was all write.! Did not do me any arm. I fink you wiwl find maffs as a eff in it. Init? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJT Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 The scary thing both Portlaunay and Akascully you do you see kids of today's age using the words you have used and think they are using them correctly. It is quite scary how bad their English skills are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 That's nothing. Spend ten minutes with the 'yoot' of South London and I guarantee you'd have a far better comprehension of Lemerig. (This link is interesting http://www.timwoods.org/the-london-slang-dictionary-project/) I used to have a fair number of hang ups about language and still flinch at "could of" in place of "could have" but I find it fascinating how language and grammar may now evolve, being shaped by our use of technology, the mix of cultures and slang. I'm not entirely sure why we regard certain language and grammar as being 'correct' as if we have any kind of ownership over it. We have inherited something that has evolved over hundreds of years and what's wrong with change? I didn't really leave Essex until I was 16 and when I did I was amazed at how enriching regional dialect was to my own vocabulary. A Norwegian friend of mine found it immensely difficult to understand Londoners, especially cockneys, he literally did not understand anything said. It was completely different in Newcastle though. When we first travelled north he was almost hysterical with delight at finally being able to hear and understand English spoken in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weedolly Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 No surprise really - you only have to speak to some of the kids that work in shops etc to know they are not as well educated as people seem to think the UK is! I think the exams have been made easier, even going to college etc, sometimes there is no exam at the end all modules and I think some get passed if you just turn up. I did an accounts evening class once and both teenagers sitting either side of me couldn't believe I could add up a column of figures without a calculator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi69 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 We might not like it but we need to move with the times. I love language, loved English and English Lit at school but be honest...how many of us sat thru a Lesson and thought...ok that was the talk of yesteryear..not relevant today. now many of us are the old fogeys...we need to move with the times....again.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Portluanay, Where do you come from in Essex? Guessing the Cockney end of it, from what you said. That's where I originated from too, many moons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Accents: When I first headed to Preston, from 'down south' I was stunned when I went into a Chinese take-away and was asked, "What you wornt?" by the chinaman behind the counter. The words we the same usual to the point speech but he had a chinese/Lancashire accent. I had never heard a Chinese person with any accent other than Chinese! Our Chinese must of had London accents but I never knew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted October 9, 2013 Report Share Posted October 9, 2013 Portluanay, Where do you come from in Essex? Guessing the Cockney end of it, from what you said. That's where I originated from too, many moons ago. No, not that close to London, originally Corringham/Stanford-le-hope area then Pitsea. I moved away when I was 16 and never really went back though I do still have family there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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