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Peer reviewedLarson, Deborah Aldrich – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1987
Noting that knowledge of grammar rules does not ensure correct usage in one's own writing, describes an approach used in a summer workshop to promote awareness of appropriate idiom where 35 highly motivated black students produced 'Snow White' using their own script, half in standard dialect and half in black dialect. (JG)
Descriptors: Bidialectalism, Black Dialects, Black Youth, Class Activities
