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| Functional Literacy | 5 |
| Illiteracy | 4 |
| Literacy | 2 |
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Basic Skills | 1 |
| Black Dialects | 1 |
| Black Students | 1 |
| Conferences | 1 |
| Culture Conflict | 1 |
| English | 1 |
| English (Second Language) | 1 |
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| Harvard Educ Rev | 5 |
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Chall, Jeanne; And Others – Harvard Educ Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Conferences, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy
O'Neill, Wayne – Harvard Educ Rev, 1970
When children are taught to read, they are forced to erase all the concepts that they have developed up to that stage because the schools of today are unfortunately only interested in teaching their pupils to recognize printed words. (CK)
Descriptors: Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Literacy, Reading Ability
Harman, David – Harvard Educ Rev, 1970
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Functional Literacy, Illiteracy, Literacy Education
Martinez, Armando – Harvard Educ Rev, 1970
Children of foreign families should receive instruction in their native language first. Only in this way can they ever make the transfer to English. (CK)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, English (Second Language), Functional Literacy, Instruction
Torrey, Jane W. – Harvard Educ Rev, 1970
Educational institutions at all levels must respect the dialects of Negro students and initiate programs of instruction in these dialects. Only in this way can discrimination in fact against this minority group in our culture be stopped. (CK)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Culture Conflict, English
