ENGLISH IN SCHOOL JOURNAL
BOARD TO LODGE STRONG PROTEST (P.A.) NEW PLYMOUTH, Aug. 17. Criticism oi' the English used in the School Journal was expressed at the monthly meeting of the Taranaki Education Board to-day, when it was decided to lodge a strong protest with the Education Department at the “low standard of literature” employed. Slang and poor grammatical construction were condemned in terms that included in the description “sordid.” “Loose English” and “ordinary common slang” were not the type of reading to he placed before children, said Miss Vera Curtis, a former headmistress, who introduced the subject. What, she- asked, would Board members say if, as parents, they found their children employing such lan guage at home.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 262, 18 August 1949, Page 6
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