> Many of them just can't speak English correctly.
I’m someone who loves seeing well written and hearing well spoken English. The standards I hold myself to are quite high.
However, I have never had a problem with people- native or foreign born- with less than perfect English communication skills.
Going down that route smacks of elitism, xenophobia and a hyper-normative mindset. The way you get good at standard English is by practice, which they are doing every day at work using the skills (technology) they have mastered. Some of my family are ESL and my place of birth (in the UK, for God’s sake) was and is looked down on for the dialect.
Is it really that hard to just ask someone to repeat or restate themselves?
I’m someone who loves seeing well written and hearing well spoken English. The standards I hold myself to are quite high.
However, I have never had a problem with people- native or foreign born- with less than perfect English communication skills.
Going down that route smacks of elitism, xenophobia and a hyper-normative mindset. The way you get good at standard English is by practice, which they are doing every day at work using the skills (technology) they have mastered. Some of my family are ESL and my place of birth (in the UK, for God’s sake) was and is looked down on for the dialect.
Is it really that hard to just ask someone to repeat or restate themselves?