Discusses the language problems of America's culturally disadvantaged, explains the process of acculturation, and suggests changes in English instruction for these groups. (SP)

Part 1 of a continued article. (DS)

Describes the situation in the United States, with emphasis on the bidialectical approach to speakers of Black English, and related problems in language theory and teacher training. (SP)

Work supported in part by a Social Science Research Council research fellowship to R. L. Cooper. (VM)

Special issue on translation. (VM)

Collection of summaries of selected research projects related to English language comprehension and instruction. (RD)

Author discusses aspects of American culture that English teachers tend to ignore: American popular culture, immigrant (bilingual and bicultural) America, and American subcultures. (SP)

Reading teachers must understand black culture and black dialect," and adapt their teaching strategies accordingly," i.e., allow dialect translations" of standard English texts. (Author/SP)

Authors suggest a reanalysis of the data and a replication of the experiment described by J. S. Baratz in a previous issue of Child Development (EJ 008 114). (MB)

Revision of a paper presented at the Conference Toward the Description of the Languages of the World, held in Burg Wartenstein, Austria, in August 1970. (VM)

Author contends that we judge people too harshly by their speech. He advocates accepting children's dialects first then teaching them proper speech patterns. (AF)