Action Research on Effects of a Pidgin English (Open to Suggestion).

Aina, Joseph O.

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ERIC Number: EJ434209

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Publication Date: 1991

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Action Research on Effects of a Pidgin English (Open to Suggestion).

Aina, Joseph O.

Journal of Reading, v35 n3 p242-43 Nov 1991

Investigates the effects of Pidgin English used for communication outside the classroom on Nigerian students' reading and writing. Concludes that knowledge of Pidgin English favorably affected Standard English reading comprehension but did not help writing. Notes that Pidgin-speaking students have solid linguistic competencies on which to build. (SR)

Descriptors: English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language of Instruction, Language Research, Limited English Speaking, Nonstandard Dialects, Pidgins, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria

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