1-Baldwin from “If Black English Isn’t a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?” is trying to express that language is brought up (created) simply from demand. In addition, language is something that is forever evolving as time flies. Baldwin mentions how African Americans had formed their own language, also mentioning how whites took phrases and words from Black English to incorporate in their English (“common”). Another, writer which had explored some of ideas relating to Belmihoub and Corcoran would be Amy Tan from Mother Tongue. For instance, “use all of their language resources in order to communicate in a variety of different circumstances.” (page 65) which relates to Amy Tan, like the way she spoke to her mother in broken english, while she writes and speaks to other in proper non broken english.
2- Straub’s essay had contained some tips that are new to me. For instance, you have to make a mental check list in your head in the moments before you start reading a paper, and consider what are the circumstances that they’re writing in and the context. After you create the lists in your head it gives me a clear understanding of what I have to truly comment on. I wish that I have had previous teachers that weren’t stingy when it comes to making comments, they would write a very brief comment when they meant/should’ve written a full statement. Also, I wish previous teachers adopted both margin comments and an end note comment. It would be so helpful, making every critique of theirs clear and understandable.