Bias occurs when one interprets or judges others based on their own background and experience. This results in viewing other practices, expectations and perceptions as inferior or wrong and can result in many different consequences. Read More
Category: Speech Community
The speech community is the group of individuals with whom a speaker typically communicates. For a young child, this generally includes his or her family, neighbors, and peers. Once the child enters school, the school community has a large influence since the child will spend a lot of his time there. Children adopt the dialect/speech patterns of their speech community.
