Description: Description: The programme opens with footage from a local pub and examines how a common interest or language can unite a group of individuals but those unfamiliar with either can feel excluded. In broad terms, this exclusion can range from not supporting the same football team to not speaking the same language. Each may prove a barrier in certain situtations. It is also noted how language has developed over centuries of English history, how some words are outdated and inappropriate in a modern context while others have simply changed in meaning. From these observations, discussion began around the development of a language standard as early as 1712 - its champions were the writer Dr. Jonathan Swift and author Dr. Samuel Johnson. Both wanted to establish a recognised form of language for English that would be the foundation for those learning and speaking it. Since the 18th century, changes in fashion have occured with language but one constant has been the association of the 'southern' standard with particular jobs or positions of office. Teachers watching this programme are called upon to examine the dialect and type of language used in the classroom and identify that it is essential to create a model around these regional/cultural differences. As an example of dialect, 'Geordie' is used by a language expert (in studio) to read out a poem. The dialect is broken down and explanations are given for the differences that occur. For instance, intenation, volume and even the amount of stress individuals place on words. To end the programme, the term 'pidgin' English and the origins of local variations on a language (for instance, 'creole') is discussed. An example of which is shown through the reading of a Jamaican poem. Colour/B&#38W: Black and White