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Download full textCompton-Lilly, Catherine – Literacy Teaching and Learning, 2005
This paper explores the presence of African American Vernacular English patterns in the reading of one child over a 20-week period. In this paper, I present insights from linguists about African American Vernacular English, list linguistic patterns characteristic of African American Vernacular English speakers, examine the relationship between the…
Descriptors: African American Students, Reading Failure, Native Language, Beginning Reading
