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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
Peer reviewedDay, Richard R. – TESOL Quarterly, 1980
Reports the preferences and attitudes held by English- speaking primary school children in Hawaii toward Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) and Standard English (SE). Findings indicated that, while those from a lower socioeconomic strata initially favored HCE, SE was preferred by all by the end of grade 2. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialects, Language Attitudes, Language of Instruction
Day, Richard R.; Saraka, Albert B. – 1968
The material in this text on spoken Baoule (an Akan language of the Niger-Congo group of African languages) is presented in "microwave" format, in a series of short, two-phase cycles. Suggestions to the teacher, a brief explanation of the transcription system used, and a note on tones preface the first section of 15 cycles, which deal…
Descriptors: Akan, Audiolingual Methods, Conversational Language Courses, Cultural Context
Day, Richard R.; And Others – 1975
The Standard English Repetition Test (SERT) is an instrument designed to measure the Standard English (SE) performance of young Hawaii Creole English (HCE)-speaking children. HCE is colloquially referred to as "pidgin English." Details of the test's construction are given; test-retest and alternate form reliability and validity studies…
Descriptors: Creoles, Hawaiians, Language Skills, Language Usage
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
Day, Richard R. – 1976
This article investigates the acquisition of a variety of standard English (SE) by children whose first language is Hawaii Creole English (HCE). The hypothesis was made that, in a speech community with high prestige and low prestige codes, learning the dominant code would not adversely affect performance in the first language. The subjects, in…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Creoles, Dialect Studies
Day, Richard R. – 1976
This is a report of the results of an investigation of a test of plurality and past tense in standard English (SE). This research replicated Gleason's 1957-58 study in Boston. The subjects were 27 speakers of Hawaiian Creole English (HCE) in a kindergarten class in Honolulu. The results showed that the children produced very few SE plural and past…
Descriptors: Creoles, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Dialect Studies
