Kyle Stedman (@kstedman) reads the bad idea "Official American English is Best" by Steven Alvarez (@chastitellez). It's a chapter from Bad Ideas about Writing, which was edited by Cheryl E. Ball (@s2ceball) and Drew M. Loewe (@drewloewe). Don't miss the joke: the author of the chapter is disagreeing with the bad idea stated in the chapter's title.
Chapter keywords: English-only myths, immigrant communities, literacy, national language, Official English, plurilingual writing
2017 bio: Steven Alvarez is a writing researcher of English at St. John’s University. He has studied literacy and bilingual learning among Mexican immigrant communities across the country for over a decade. Follow him on Twitter @chastitellez and Instagram @stevenpaulalvarez.
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