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Troike, Rudolph C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1968
Discussed briefly by the author are some of the "most immediately relevant" implications for TESOL which arise from research studies in dialectology. One phenomenon, which until recently has received little attention, is that of "receptive bi-dialectalism" or "bilingualism." One of the earliest observations of this…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language)
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Goldstein, Lynn; Ibrahim, Awad El Karim M. – TESOL Quarterly, 2000
Goldstein questions the way Awad El Karim M. Ibrahim portrayed her research on the language and identity of Hispanic English-as-a-Second-Language learners in his article, "Becoming Black: Rap and Hip-Hop, Race, Gender, and Identity and the Politics of ESL Learning." Ibrahim responds to these comments. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, English (Second Language), Hispanic Americans, Politics of Education
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Hannerz, Ulf – TESOL Quarterly, 1973
Paper presented at the 1972 TESOL Convention in Washington, D.C. (DD)
Descriptors: Acculturation, Anthropology, Cultural Differences, Dialects
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Heath, Shirley Brice – TESOL Quarterly, 1993
A story is told of how inner-city youth organizations use dramas that young people write, cast, and direct to enable them to retain their first language or dialect while gaining standard English and preparing for job entry. The story ends with implications for the language classroom. (seven references) (Author/LB)
Descriptors: Drama, English (Second Language), Inner City, Language Acquisition
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Richards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1972
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, February 28, 1972, in Washington, D.C. (VM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, English (Second Language), Immigrants
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Ibrahim, Awad El Karim M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Examines how a group of continental Francophone African youth at a French high school in Ottawa, Canada "become Black" as they enter a world that already constructs them as Black. These students learn Black English, which they access in hip-hop culture and linguistic styles. Discusses the impact of becoming Black on…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, English (Second Language), Ethnicity
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Goldstein, Lynn M. – TESOL Quarterly, 1987
In a study demonstrating that Black English was target for Hispanic boys acquiring English as second language, it was shown that extensive peer contact with Blacks was necessary but not sufficient for acquisition of two features of Black English (negative concord and distributive "be") and that choice of Blacks as reference played no role in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Dialects, Black Influences, Cultural Context
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Siegel, Jeff – TESOL Quarterly, 1999
Summarizes research on educational programs that use stigmatized varieties of English in the classroom, and reviews relevant theory and research in psycholinguistics and second language acquisition. Research on educational programs shows that using the stigmatized variety in formal education seems to have a positive effect on the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Creoles, Elementary Secondary Education, English