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Dialect Variation and Phonological Knowledge: Phonological Representations and Metalinguistic Awareness among Beginning Readers who Speak Nonmainstream American English
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Terry, Nicole Patton – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2014
Children's spoken nonmainstream American English (NMAE) dialect use and their knowledge about phonological representations of word pronunciations were assessed in a sample of 105 children in kindergarten through second grade. Children were given expressive and receptive tasks with dialect-sensitive stimuli. Students who produced many NMAE…
Descriptors: Phonology, Nonstandard Dialects, North American English, Metalinguistics
Changing Nonmainstream American English Use and Early Reading Achievement from Kindergarten to First Grade
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Terry, Nicole Patton; Connor, Carol McDonald – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2012
Purpose: This study had 2 principal aims: (a) to examine whether children who spoke Nonmainstream American English (NMAE) frequently in school at the end of kindergarten increased their production of Mainstream American English (MAE) forms by the end of first grade, and (b) to examine concurrent and predictive relations between children's NMAE use…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Beginning Reading, Reading Achievement, Phonological Awareness