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| Betray you origins to avoid stereotype discrimination? |
More than a quarter of British people feel discriminated against because of the way they speak.
Accents are either something you are proud of or a feature you try to disguise. When discussing accents with another people may often try to make their accent stronger to prove a point. Others however may begin to try and talk in received pronunciation. This can depend on the stigma your accent of origin carries with it.
Stronger accents can often be linked to a stronger sense of pride in your place of origin. However these accents are the ones that the majority of the time are discriminated against. The Brummie accent is one of the more distinctive accents in the UK, yet in a recent survey brummie was found to be the least intelligent sounding accent.
In this post-modern society we live in, you would think that discrimination of accents would be a minor issue but according to new research 80% of employers have admitted to making discriminating decisions based on peoples accents. But experts say that the discrimination does not come from the way people sound, but because of the regional area of their accent. However in a recent study results showed RP sounding most intelligent when put next to Brummie and Scouse, making you wonder if it is the place of region or the sound of the accent itself.
A great article and use of facts and statistics to back up the point on accent discrimination, also a lovely header to entice people to read your article alongside the bright image. To improve you could add in a theory or a link to something for the audience to read which links to the article. :)
ReplyDeleteI like how you did an introduction and then explained it as the article went on. The use of statistics and experts opinions is good and shows there is evidence for your points. To improve use theory and studies to back your points up even further.
ReplyDeleteSome great ideas and good use of facts and statistics, could use some theories or studies to back up some of the points.
ReplyDeleteSome theories could be used to improve but this was really good and good use of quotes and facts!
ReplyDeleteWell written and appealing to the reader with an engaging headline and enticing topic held throughout. Could be improved with the inclusion of some language theories to educate the reader further.
ReplyDeleteI like how you used statistics to back up points however you could try and give reasons as to why someone may dislike a certain accent and why certain accents may have those connotations
ReplyDeleteGood use of facts and statistics such as survey's and information on accent discrimination. Improvements could be made through the use of more terminology linking to the paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteGood use of facts and statistics such as survey's and information on accent discrimination. Improvements could be made through the use of more terminology linking to the paragraphs.
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