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Peer reviewedGrimshaw, Allen D. – Social Problems, 1979
The language which is spoken and abilities in its social use are critical individual attributes in association with access to life chances. Sociolinguistic variables have been neglected by sociologists and language related social problems are neither recognized nor understood. (Author/RLV)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Dialects, Disadvantaged, Language Ability
Download full textCulhane, P. T.; And Others – Univ. of Essex Language Centre Occasional Papers, 1970
This collection of papers assesses the validity of the MLAT. It is not self-evident that a test designed for English speaking university students in America and validated there is necessarily valid in an English university. The differences between American English and British English are evident, and American universities admit a greater…
Descriptors: Aptitude, Aptitude Tests, Error Patterns, Language Ability
