Summary of both articles

Summary - "All raait! It's a new black-white lingo"

This newspaper article discusses the point that the younger generation have picked up a multi-ethnic dialect, which incorporates language used all around.  However, the older generation seem to think the new multi-ethnic dialect is causing an inconvenience when it comes to teenagers school life, as teachers seem to think their spoken and written language is beginning to converge. Despite this, by dialects coming from a variety of cultural backgrounds it allows individuals who may not speak to one another because of this barrier to become more social as they are able to communicate easier as they can understand one another.

 One of the main contributors to teenagers picking up new dialects so say BBC youth radio stations is down to music, as music in which teenagers listen to involve rappers such as Dizzee Rascal and Lady Sovereign which incorporates slang and other  dialects, which is  then shared nationally meaning teenagers are picking the dialects up as they plug in their earphones. Research shows that a mix of British backgrounds and a mix from immigrant families both use the same dialect, which demonstrates that being around others with different dialects means its more likely for you to pick up on it.  The most multicultural cities are said to be Bristol, Birmingham and Manchester, where its said that the multi-ethnic dialects are going to become more mainstream as teenagers rate it as being fashionable and cool.

Summary- "From the mouth of teens"

In this newspaper article it begins by stating the sort of language teens use in common environments such as being on the bus, where the older generation would over hear conversations between teenagers and wouldn't understand a word. In London where diversity is at its highest, researchers have found out that most teenagers do speak a multi-ethnic dialects, which makes multiculturalism a hot topic for newspaper reporters. When studying a groups of varied teenagers from a wide range of backgrounds it was proven that they all speak with the same dialect, the dialect used by a lot of teenagers originates from Jamaica and Afro-Caribbean where vowels seem to be shortened rather than stretched as Cockney dialect is. As generations have passed teenagers have found a way of communicating with other cultures by incorporating their dialect, however older generations have been critical with this, as teenagers are often stereotyped as being thugs possibly due to the way they speak but Logan Pearsall Smith puts it down to teenagers trying to find themselves.

Adolescence is the time in your life where things such as language are more likely to be absorbed as you want to be identified with a certain group or you feel more comfortable using the same vocabulary as people in your age group. Things such as fashion and music get bought into the equation as these things can often be translated into a form of language, in which the older generation would struggle to understand. Its also important that teenagers are aware that using standard English is important and should be used when appropriate otherwise it could become the standard of English if it continues throughout generations. One spokesperson debates on whether or not this dialect will continue, he mentions that it all depends on the type of person as if you're ambitious then you will change your speech in order to reach those aspirations whereas if not you will most likely retain all new dialect.

In comparison with both of these texts the first article gives a brief outline on the multi-ethic dialect, however compared to the second article it is much more vague about whether they are concerned as they do mention that its making teenagers more culturally aware. Where as in the second article they are more concerned on the affect it could possibly have on teenagers futures, they also go into a lot more detail of where the dialect originated from and give an insight into how teenagers are seen by society.