Peter L Patrick

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When teachers validate children’s ways of speaking, this can have a profound effect on the way they learn. Monkey Business Images | Shutterstock

March 11, 2022

Amanda Cole, University of Essex; Ella Jeffries, University of Essex, and Peter L Patrick, University of Essex

Linguicism sees people penalised for speaking in non-standard forms of English.

Migrants making their way through Calais. Get to the UK, and they might face a tough language test. Gareth Fuller/PA Wire

March 12, 2015

Monika Schmid, University of Essex and Peter L Patrick, University of Essex

Are tests to prove asylum seekers come from where they say they do impossible to do fairly?