All raait! article summary.

http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/uk_news/article209405.ece

In this article it is talking about the issues surrounding the development of casual speaking, mainly between young teens. Professor Paul Kerswill; a sociologist at Lancaster university, talks about his theories surrounding the issue. He said, "inner city Londoners are using a new kind of English as their every day speech, their completely internalised way of speaking, parallel to local dialect such as cockney or Geordie.” He is showing the way people are altering the way they speak due to things they have heard through the media and personal contacts. For many years the way someone spoke was determined and affected by your ethnicity however recently it has been more of a universal thing, following all the trends. Studies have shown that 32 teenagers from Hackney and East London; aged 16 to 18, half from British backgrounds and half from immigrant families all speak using the same language regardless where they are from. 

During the article, they talk about how 'music is responsible for its spread' the main reason for this theory, i believe is because teenager are under the influence of the music industry for the majority of their teen lives. 

In the school Lilian Baylis in South London, the use of patois has been banned whilst in the classroom, they are trying to retain the standard english during their lessons. They have said that they believe 'The language in the formal world of work is standard English.' Therefore they are trying to limit the amount their students use it whilst at school.