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Horner, Vivian Maryann – 1969
Concerned with educational problems associated with low socioeconomic status, this pilot study in linguistic ecology was designed to substitute hard data for speculation about the nature and frequency of verbal behavior in the world of the poor child. To avoid self-consciousness and any restrictions on movement of the subjects, a small…
Descriptors: Child Language, Disadvantaged, Ecological Factors, Environment
Ruddell, 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