{"id":140342,"date":"2021-09-30T22:23:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=140342"},"modified":"2021-09-30T22:23:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T22:23:26","slug":"school-bans-slang-such-as-long-and-bare-to-raise-literacy-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/school-bans-slang-such-as-long-and-bare-to-raise-literacy-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"School bans slang such as &apos;long&apos; and &apos;bare&apos; to raise literacy levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Oh my days&#8230; School bans slang terms such as &#8216;like&#8217; and &#8216;bare&#8217; in the classroom to raise literacy standards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Terms such as &#8216;like&#8217; and &#8216;oh my days&#8217; are banned at Ark All Saints in south London<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other terms include &#8216;long&#8217;, meaning boring or tiresome and &#8216;bare&#8217;, meaning very<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Principal Lucy Frame said banned list only applies in &#8216;formal learning settings&#8217;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Slang terms including &#8216;like&#8217; and &#8216;oh my days&#8217; have been banned by a school to raise literacy standards.<\/p>\n<p>Ark All Saints academy in south London has drawn up a list of phrases that pupils must avoid in class and in written work.<\/p>\n<p>One is &#8216;he cut his eyes at me&#8217;, which the Collins dictionary says is Caribbean and means to turn away sharply while closing one&#8217;s eyes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other words include &#8216;long&#8217;, meaning boring, or &#8216;bare&#8217;, meaning very.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Fillers&#8217; \u2013 punctuating conversation with &#8216;like&#8217; and &#8216;you see&#8217; \u2013 is also forbidden.<\/p>\n<p>Lucy Frame, the principal at the school in Camberwell, told the Guardian: &#8216;None of the words or phrases listed is banned from general use in our school or when our students are interacting socially.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/09\/24\/23\/48359283-10026589-image-a-132_1632521764612.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Terms such as &#8216;like&#8217; and &#8216;oh my days&#8217; are banned at Ark All Saints in south London (file photo)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But this list is used in some formal learning settings to help students understand the importance of expressing themselves clearly and accurately, not least through written language in examinations.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A 2019 survey found slang was the most common reason for English GCSE failures.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dr Marcello Giovanelli, senior lecturer in English at Aston University, warned: &#8216;Dismissing students&#8217; home or own use of language may have negative effects on identity and confidence.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10047177\/Oh-days-School-bans-slang-terms-like-bare-raise-literacy-standards.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh my days&#8230; School bans slang terms<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":140341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23056],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>School bans slang such as &amp;apos;long&amp;apos; 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