The document discusses varieties of English across different geographical locations and social groups. It explains that while Spanish does not vary much within a country, English changes significantly depending on factors like location and social class. This variability is interesting for language teaching as it applies to all languages. Students of foreign languages need to be aware that English differs worldwide and dialects can sound like different languages to non-native speakers. Understanding this variability may help avoid embarrassment when speaking to English speakers from different countries in the future. The text also briefly discusses the history of how English dialects developed from migration and conquest.

1. Varieties of English
The way that a language can change across a country, may not be much
noticeable for us, because in our context, language variability is not a matter of
contention, as a result of the minimal change of intonation, vocabulary or
pronunciation of Spanish. But after the reading of the text Varieties of English, is
given to light the differences of the same language, but in different geographical
places or social classes.
The different aspects of how a language changes, not only for geographical
places, but also for social groups, or even for individuals is an interesting point
for teaching. The case is that this applies for all languages, not only for English,
and due that, we can show to our students that there are different ways of
speaking, related to different situations, and that this is meticulously studied by
experts in language science. Also, these distinctive aspects of the variation of
languages are covered in the Lexical Analysis course, and the text works for us
as an extra help for the documents which the teacher of the program gave us.
As students of a foreign language, we must be aware of how this
communicational code changes through time and distance. It is not the same
English all over the world. And even more, some varieties of the English
language can sound so enormously different, that we as foreign speakers might
think that are completely different languages. The previous knowledge and
understanding of the phenomenon of variation might help us in future, in order
to not be embarrassed in a random situation with native English speakers of
different countries.
The author of the text also makes a small dimension of history, when he
mentions the relationship between the different dialects of English around the
world and the migration of native English speakers or the result of mixture of
people after conquests. The mention of that topic, in order to make connection
with what the author explained in the text, is also an aid, because as it was
explained before in other reflections, history of the English language, as well as
geography is a main point in every unit covered in the course.
The difference between educated and uneducated English and the clarification
of which of both is the standardized one and which one is not is a clarification,
not only for us as students, but also for us as future teachers, of what register of
the language should be used in different situations. The way how we speak, in
addition to the context in which we are speaking it must be related. In some
cases it would be ridiculous to use a formal register, for example in a friends
reunion; and in other cases, an informal register would be a terrible option, for
instance in a meeting with the CEO of a company.
Finally, the explanation of how dialects can be standardized in different
countries or areas, and how the distinction of those could help us in the future,
is a great tool for teaching. To clarify to our students that English can change
from one point to another, and to show them how this happens even with our
mother tongue will help us with the explanation of many different phenomenon
of change of the English Language.