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Alexander, J. Estill; Burns, Paul C. – Elementary English, 1974
Suggests activities for teaching elementary students about types of word-meaning changes. (JH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Language Patterns, Language Programs
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
Download full textRuddell, Robert B.; Graves, Barbara W. – Elementary English, 1968
This study investigated the relationship between the syntactical language development of first grade children and their socio-ethnic status. From a random selection of 160 first grade children, 19 Caucasians with highly developed language abilities were selected from a high socioeconomic stratum to be compared with 19 Negroes with low language…
Descriptors: Child Language, Disadvantaged, English Instruction, Grade 1
