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Peer reviewedFasold, Ralph W. – English Record, 1971
In language learning, the psychological factor of group reference is crucial. In its absence, the best efforts of the English teacher are ineffective. In its presence, nonstandard dialect speakers will learn standard English regardless of formal teaching. (JM)
Descriptors: English (Second Language), English Instruction, Group Membership, Language Handicaps
Download full textFasold, Ralph W. – 1972
In recent years a considerable amount of interest has developed in language variability and in the educational problems connected with it. This volume is a report of linguistic research on the variable language behavior in a community of American English speakers, specifically on some aspects of tense marking in Black English. The following topics…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Studies, Dialect Studies, Grammar
