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Sociolinguistic and Pedagogical Considerations in Teaching Standard English to Speakers of Puerto Rican English in New York City.
Bisagna, Joanne – 1980
Many Puerto Rican children currently enrolled in English as a second language (ESL) classes speak Puerto Rican English (PRE). Their speech is characterized by nonstandard features, including some from Black English. Because of actual or historical interference from Spanish, they do qualify for ESL enrollment, yet their language problems are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans