[EDLING:843] Re: educated speaker

[Bernard Spolsky]

It is also discussed in my book
Spolsky, Bernard. (1995). Measured words: the development of objective
language testing. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
It is undefined and determined by traditional practice of in-house
examiners, varying therefore from agency to agency.
Bernard


On 6/9/05, Wini Davies <wid at aber.ac.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know of any literature on the subject of the 'educated speaker'?
> The term occurs frequently (e.g. specific variants of English are described
> as typical of the usage of an educated speaker), but I've come across very
> few attempts to define the term (in fact the only one I've come across is
> the controversial one by John Honey in Language is Power). I'd be grateful
> for references to any literature on the topic (or just any opinions).
>
>
> Dr Wini Davies,
> Uwch-ddarlithydd mewn Almaeneg/Senior Lecturer in German,
> Adran Ieithoedd Ewropeaidd/Dept of European Langs,
> PCA/UWA,
> Aberystwyth,
> SY23 3DY,
> Cymru/Wales.
>
> Tel: 01970-622557
> Fax: 01970-622553
> www.aber.ac.uk/eurolangs/staff/wid.shtml
>
>
>


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