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Direct linkNancy C. Marencin; Ashley A. Edwards; Nicole Patton Terry – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2024
Purpose: We investigated and compared the outcomes from two standardized, norm-referenced screening assessments of language (i.e., Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Preschool--Second Edition [CELFP-2], Diagnostic Evaluation of Language Variation--Screening Test [DELV-ST]) with African American preschoolers whose spoken dialect differed…
Descriptors: African American Students, Preschool Children, Black Dialects, Diagnostic Tests
Edwards, Jan R.; Rosin, Peggy – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a curriculum supplement designed to enhance awareness of Mainstream American English (MAE) in African American English- (AAE-) speaking prekindergarten children. Method: Children in 2 Head Start classrooms participated in the study. The experimental classroom received the Talking…
Descriptors: African American Students, Black Dialects, Early Intervention, Preschool Children
Craig-Unkefer, Lesley; Camarata, Stephen – Topics in Language Disorders, 2010
Purpose: Facilitating language development in children with specific language impairment (SLI) who are learning African American English (AAE) as their first dialect requires clinicians to consider grammatical, lexical, and cultural differences. The purpose of this article is to examine 2 intervention methods that have an extensive history of…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Intervention, Delayed Speech, Language Impairments
Souto-Manning, Mariana – English Education, 2010
Souto-Manning examines the role of classroom discourse analysis in helping to change a teacher's perceptions of English Language Learners from students who need "fixing" to experts from whom teachers may learn. She finds that blurring the lines between teacher/student and subject/object positions opens up pedagogical third spaces that are often…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Discourse Analysis, English (Second Language), English Instruction
Connor, Carol McDonald; Craig, Holly K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This study examined the relation between African American preschoolers' use of African American English (AAE) and their language and emergent literacy skills in an effort to better understand the perplexing and persistent difficulties many African American children experience learning to read proficiently. Method: African American…
Descriptors: North American English, Vocabulary Skills, Phonology, African American Children
Harris, Kandis L.; Moran, Michael J. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2006
This study compared phonological features of African American English speakers at 3 grade levels: preschool, elementary school, and middle school. The phonological features exhibited at all 3 grade levels were quite similar. The frequency of usage, determined by the percentage of speakers exhibiting the feature and by the mean number of…
Descriptors: North American English, Black Dialects, African Americans, Grade 3
