Black English and Adult Basic Education.

Mayes, Cheryl D.

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Publication Date: 1980-Oct

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Black English and Adult Basic Education.

Mayes, Cheryl D.

Lifelong Learning: The Adult Years, v4 n2 p18-19,27 Oct 1980

Adult Basic Education instructors need to be introduced to the Black dialect to dispel misconceptions about the abilities of Black English speakers and to develop activities to help Black students in becoming bidialectal. (SK)

Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Black Dialects, Communication Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged, English Instruction, Nonstandard Dialects, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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