THE EXTENT TO WHICH PATTERN PRACTICE TECHNIQUES HELPED NEGRO STUDENTS WHO NEEDED TO MASTER STANDARD ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE WAS INVESTIGATED. MATERIALS AND PROCEDURES TO IMPLEMENT SUCH TECHNIQUES WERE WORKED OUT. THE SUBJECTS ATTENDED CLAFLIN COLLEGE, AN ALL-NEGRO 4-YEAR COLLEGE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. APPROXIMATELY 65 TO 70 FRESHMEN WERE PLACED…

THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT IN DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AGREED THAT THE BASIC LANGUAGE GOAL FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN SHOULD BE LITERACY IN STANDARD ENGLISH SO THAT THEY WILL BECOME EMPLOYABLE. THEY ALSO FELT THAT ATTENTION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO HOW LIMITED LANGUAGE USAGE CONSTRAINS THE CHILDREN'S INTELLECTUAL…

Survey of sixth and seventh graders in 47 schools revealed that adolescents who spoke Spanish with their parents were less likely to have had an alcoholic drink relative to adolescents who spoke English and Spanish with their parents. Differences also were found based on language use with friends, country of origin, and sex. (RJM)

THE WORK PRESENTED IN THIS STUDY IS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF LANGUAGE. THE COMPLEXITY OF THE ENGLISH DIALECT SPOKEN IN NEW YORK CITY PARALLELS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE CITY'S CHANGING SOCIAL STRUCTURE. DATA GATHERED FROM THE LARGER SPEECH COMMUNITY SHOW THAT THE VARIATION IN INDIVIDUAL SPEECH PATTERNS IS REFLECTED IN A HIGHLY…