Explain the concept of speech registers which are the different styles of speech that are used in different situations.

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The Answer is Children use one style of speech when at home or with their friends and another, more formal style when in school. When the speech registers, or codes, children use at home and the ones they are expected to use in school defer considerable, there is the potential for educational difficulties. Usually, children from middle-class families speak a "standard" version of the language that is similar to the more formal style used in school. In contrast, children from less affluent homes often speak a nonstandard version of the language that is often appreciably differs from the one use in school. In the United States, this distinction between social (or home) language and school language among native speakers if often more obvious for children whose home language is described as Black English (or sometimes Ebonics, or African American Vernacular English).

Explain the Concept of Speech Registers Which Are the Different