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The Acquisition of African American English by Spanish-Speaking Preschoolers
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Chelsea Privette – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the phonological development of Spanish-speaking preschoolers who are acquiring African American English (AAE) in North Carolina (NC). Understanding the phonological structure of the Spanish-AAE language combination will improve diagnostic accuracy for this group of children. Method: Four Black…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Preschool Children, African American Students, Hispanic American Students
African-American English and Reading Achievement: The Relationships among Dialect Awareness, Dialect Shifting and Reading Development
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Sajous-Brady, Daphne Lucienne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
When children begin to connect spoken speech to print, regardless of their language, they all encounter disparities between oral and written representations. Children who speak the African-American English (AAE) dialect at home and in their communities may encounter an even greater number of disparities between oral and written representations…
Descriptors: African American Students, Dialects, Low Income, Standard Spoken Usage
Non-Mainstream American English and First Grade Children's Language and Reading Skills Growth
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Conlin, Catherine Ross – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The evidence of a general achievement gap, and more specifically, a reading gap between African American students and White students is a well documented and alarming phenomenon (Chatterji, 2006; Darling-Hammond, 2004, 2007; Darling-Hammond, Holtzman, Gatlin & Heilig, 2005; Fishback & Baskin, 1991; Jencks & Phillips, 1998; Haycock, 2001;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, African American Students, African American Children, Test Bias