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Diagnosis, Remediation and Management of Reading Miscues among Children of Limited English Proficiency.
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Shannon, Albert J. – Reading Improvement, 1983
Argues that children with limited English-speaking ability are often misdiagnosed as poor readers on formal and informal measures of reading ability. Offers suggestions for management of true miscues made in oral reading. (FL)
Descriptors: Dialects, Elementary Education, Error Patterns, Language Variation
What Reading Teachers Should Know about Dialect.
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Gentry, J. Richard – Reading World, 1983
Presents a series of 10 true-false statements pertaining to dialect, then discusses the correct answers. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Level
Sociolinguistics. Oxford Introductions to Language Study.
Spolsky, Bernard – 1998
This introduction to sociolinguistics is presented in four parts. The first part gives an overview of this branch of language study, its scope and principles of inquiry, and its basic and key concepts. This portion is written for individuals with no prior knowledge or expertise in the subject. Topics covered in this section include: the nature of…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Dialects, Ethnography, Language Patterns
Attitudes, Language, and Change.
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Gere, Anne Ruggles; Smith, Eugene – 1979
This monograph explores the conflicts in attitudes toward language that occur and in which English teachers may be asked to uphold forms and conventions of traditional grammar standards while they have linguistic training and knowledge that support a more flexible language usage. Chapters deal with conflicts in attitudes toward language, language…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Dialects