Question – People assess other people’s language use all the time; compare and contrast the treatment Kina and Li experienced, and explain why these experiences are important.
People’s assessment of other people’s language use has a profound effect on those communicating, mostly when there is a notable difference in the speaker’s level of skill with the language being spoken. Discrimination stemming from these judgements have been observed, in regards to the experiences of Robyn Kina and Daisy Li, to have an impact socially and physically. This language discrimination creates a social disadvantage for those expressing English in accented or non-standard forms.
Discrimination stemming from judgement placed on a speaker’s ability to communicate in English creates a social disadvantage for those who are not communicating in the widely accepted forms of Standard English. This is caused either through lack of understanding of non-standard of English grammar, or outright social isolation due to accent,…show more content… Kina most notably suffered significant, physical impacts and emotional isolation – “I felt the odds were stack against me” (Thomas, 2006) - due to the discrimination of the courts resulted in her incarceration despite not having heard Kina’s reasons for the indecent. While the discrimination faced by Li did not manifest in such an immediately identifiable way, she was no less affected. Li was discriminated against and socially isolated in day-to-day dealings in her life. Having to rely on her daughter to handle matters such as receiving portfolio payments from her stockbroker, and addressing the delay of such payments, and trying to resolve this issue of lost medical files that are regarded by Li as being a matter of extreme importance – yet was not seriously engaged in any of her dealings without the assistance of an English speaker with higher
