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Day, Richard R. – Florida FL Reporter, 1974
Descriptors: Creoles, Cultural Context, English Instruction, Language Research
Download full textDay, Richard R. – 1972
In order to discover the linguistic competence of Hawaiian kindergarten children, tape recordings of their speech were collected, both openly and surreptitiously, in a wide variety of circumstances, including at home, at play, at school, and in formal situations. An analysis of the data reveals that the children command a wide range of linguistic…
Descriptors: Dialects, English Instruction, Hawaiian, Kindergarten Children
Day, Richard R.; And Others – 1974
In view of the fact that the teaching of Standard English has high educational priority in American schools, and that its use as the medium of instruction makes it a vital skill for nonstandard speakers, the present paper reports on an investigation of the Standard English performance of young children from minority groups in which Standard…
Descriptors: American Indians, Child Language, Language Acquisition, Language Tests
