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| Dialects | 1 |
| English Instruction | 1 |
| Mutual Intelligibility | 1 |
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| Reading Instruction | 1 |
| Standard Spoken Usage | 1 |
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| Arizona English Bulletin | 1 |
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| Donelson, Kenneth L. | 1 |
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Download full textDonelson, Kenneth L. – Arizona English Bulletin, 1969
In order to teach reading effectively to students who use a nonstandard dialect, the teacher must accept and understand the systems and patterns of that dialect. He can then help his students avoid the characteristics of their dialect which lead to confusion in communication, promote their accurate decoding of standard English as they learn to…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Dialects, English Instruction, Mutual Intelligibility
