The stated intent of this book is to "contribute to the development of more socially aware and more linguistically oriented classroom teachers and to provide these teachers with methods for implementing their new awareness." Four sections provide chapters that discuss various aspects of the phenomenon of dialect clash. A historical background is provided, which includes a description of the development of English in England and America. Possible solutions to the dialect clash are examined, including a description of the approach of traditional grammarians, the laissez-faire and nationalistic approaches, and the alternative of multidialectalism. Suggested solutions to specific problems caused by dialect clash include discussion of spin-off problems in the schools, nonverbal communication, motivation of language arts students, and profanity in the schools. Six "Amerenglish" dialects are examined in detail: Appalachian, Black, Mexican, Yiddish, big city, and southern. Appendixes provide a general bibliography, supplementary references to chapter bibliographies, and special bibliographies on Hawaiian pidgin and the American Indian. (KS)