... complex and "elaborated speech code" which is incomprehensible to those working classes with "restricted speech codes." (Giddens, 1993: 434) This is an essential factor in the learning of school pupils if they are unable to interact with teachers and communicate sufficiently they are consequently disadvantaged. According to Marxist theorists, processes such as labelling and streaming in ... most competent teachers. (Hargreaves, 1967) Thus maintaining the consciousness of their superiority and highlighting the preferential treatment towards those in the established upper and middle classe...

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