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Peer reviewedRichards, Jack C. – Language Learning, 1972
Earlier version of this paper presented at the Modern Language Center, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada. (RS)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Creoles, English (Second Language), Immigrants
Peer reviewedRichards, Jack C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1972
Paper presented at the TESOL Convention, February 28, 1972, in Washington, D.C. (VM)
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, English (Second Language), Immigrants
Download full textRichards, Jack C.
This paper considers a number of diverse contexts in which English is learned as a second language and in which nonstandard dialects arise because of social and linguistic factors. The varieties considered here are immigrant English, indigenous-minority varieties of English, pidginization and creolization, local varieties of non-native English,…
Descriptors: Creoles, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language), Immigrants
Richards, Jack C. – 1972
The conditions for the acquisition of communicative competence in standard English must be considered in the case of language learning by immigrants, indigenous minority language groups, and speakers of Black English. The crucial factor in language learning is the relationship between the minority group and the local society. Among immigrant…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Economic Factors
