What to Do about Nonstandard Dialects: A Review of the Literature.

Autor/inn/en	Hess, Karen M.; Maxwell, John C.
Institution	Upper Midwest Regional Educational Lab., Inc., Minneapolis, Minn.
Titel	What to Do about Nonstandard Dialects: A Review of the Literature.
Quelle	(1969), (52 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Dialect Studies; Dialects; English Instruction; Language Handicaps; Language Instruction; Language Research; Language Standardization; Language Usage; Literature Reviews; Nonstandard Dialects; North American English; Regional Dialects; Sociolinguistics; Standard Spoken Usage; Teacher Education; TENL + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dialect; Dialekt; English langauage lessons; Englischunterricht; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language impairments; Sprachbehinderung; Sprachforschung; Sprachgebrauch; Amerikanisches Englisch; Regionalsprache; Soziolinguistik; Gesprochene Sprache; Umgangssprache; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung
Abstract	As part of the development of a self-teaching program for instructing teachers of English and elementary language arts about dialects, a comprehensive search of the literature on dialects and dialect learning, from 1960 to the present, was made. This paper sets forth some of the major ideas, points of view, and recommendations revealed by the review of the literature. Following a discussion of the responsibility of the schools in recognizing and accepting the varieties of the English language, the results of the review of the literature are reported in seven sections: (1) early research on "correcting" usage "errors," (2) descriptive dialect studies--regional, ethnic, and social, (3) studies of the effects of speaking a nonstandard dialect on learning to read, learning generally, job opportunities, and social status, (4) descriptions of current programs in augmenting dialects, (6) statements about what teachers need to know and do to deal effectively with the language of speakers of nonstandard dialects, and (7) research on teacher preparation and classroom practices involving language. An extensive bibliography and a glossary of terms used in the review are provided. (JM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01