Please read the attached document then please answer the following questions (one paragraph per question):
1. Why does Valdés describe that it is important to "notice" language?
2. What are three ways that John uses language and how does his language change with the people he is talking with?
3. How does your language vary in your daily life? Be specific about at least three different situations in which you notice you speak differently.
4. What does Valdés mean when she writes, "Similarly, children whose varieties of English have rules that are not identical to the rules of the standard language variety used in school are not speaking flawed school language."