On the Question of "Standard" versus "Dialect": Implications for Teaching Hispanic College Students.

Hidalgo, Margarita

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Publication Date: 1987

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On the Question of "Standard" versus "Dialect": Implications for Teaching Hispanic College Students.

Hidalgo, Margarita

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v9 n4 p375-95 Dec 1987

The theoretical and pedagogical issues emanating from the practice of teaching Spanish to Hispanic bilingual college students are discussed. Distinctions are made between standard Spanish and the two most important United States varieties of Chicano and Puerto Rican Spanish, and structural differences are examined. Teaching suggestions are included. (JMM)

Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Hispanic Americans, Language Standardization, Native Language Instruction, Nonstandard Dialects, Puerto Ricans, Spanish Speaking, Teacher Effectiveness

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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