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Rakes, Thomas A.; Canter, Emily – Elementary English, 1974
Children who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and speak in nonstandard dialects should not be made to feel inferior but should be listened to. (JH)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Economically Disadvantaged, Language Acquisition, Language Instruction
O'Donnell, Holly – Elementary English, 1974
The teacher of black students needs to develop a sensitivity to their rich communicative language styles in order to use the varied styles in the classroom situation. (JH)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Elementary Education, English Education, Language Instruction
DeStefano, Johanna S. – Elementary English, 1972
Report of research findings on productive language differences in beginning fifth grade Black children living in Philadelphia, as evidenced by their use of nonstandard syntactic forms in both speech and writing. (RB)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 5
