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Bbc Bitesize: Speaking and Listening: Standard English HandoutBbc Bitesize: Speaking and Listening: Standard English Handout
Publisher
BBC
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Grade
5th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Handouts & References
Audiences
For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1140L
Handout

Bbc Bitesize: Speaking and Listening: Standard English

Curated by ACT

Explains what standard English is and when it is used, the difference between formal and informal language, and non-standard forms of English such as those found in dialects.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

colloquialisms

Additional Tags

dialect, formal and informal language, when to use contractions, bbc bitesize, bbc bitesize: speaking and listening: standard english sl.5.6, sl.6.6, ccss.ela, sl.5.6, sl.6.6

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

SL.5.6 SL.6.6 L.5.3.b

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