Perceived competence is considered an essential predictor of learner´s performance in language learning. It is therefore important to identify strategies that favor its development. This study aims to analyze whether the perceived linguistic competence of English as a L2 of pre-service teachers improves after implementing Dialogic Pedagogical…

The deficit theory and the difference theory of linguistic competence are reviewed. The notion of linguistic differences between the dialect of black children and that of the majority society is supported. Implications for educational methods are discussed, culminating in a proposed "two-way" bilingual approach for working with deaf children.…