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ERIC Number: EJ568498
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
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The Language of Wider Communication: Beyond Ebonics (Rainbow Teachers/Rainbow Students).
Kirby, Ashante Nicole; Sorace, Gail Beem
English Journal, v87 n3 p74-78 Mar 1998
Presents first a short article, "Response to the Issue of Ebonics," written by a Pennsylvania high school student. Follows this with an article, "Building Bridges to the 'Language of Wider Communication'" which reflects on ways of using the language children bring to the classroom as a means of building bridges to wider communication. (SR)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Attitudes, Nonstandard Dialects, Oral Language, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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