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| Andrews-Beck, Carolyn | 1 |
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Peer reviewedAndrews-Beck, Carolyn – Ohio Reading Teacher, 1997
Suggests that Ebonics deserves respect as a genuine spoken dialect, widely used and important in American culture. Notes that students who are fluent in it benefit when they are allowed to add standard English to their repertoire and taught the appropriate occasions for each way of speaking. (RS)
Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Elementary Education, Standard Spoken Usage
