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Download full textAllen, Virginia F. – 1970
In this discussion of the reading problems of American Negro dialect speakers at intermediate grade level, the author uses the term "Public Language," because although it is not ideally satisfactory, it is free from the evaluative connotations of "Standard" English and directs attention away from distinctions of race or social class. Since the…
Descriptors: Black Students, Reading Difficulty, Reading Instruction, Standard Spoken Usage
