Discusses the contributions of Louise Bennett in depicting Jamaican folklore. (MM)

This paper is the first in a compilation of articles reprinted by NCTE from the journal "Elementary English" and entitled "On the Dialects of Children." It comprises an overview of recent research in regional and social dialects in the United States. The "Linguistic Atlas of New England," the first section of the "Linguistic Atlas of the United…

Explores the arguments for and against bidialectalism and discusses various approaches used in teaching standard English to nonstandard speakers. (MM)

Presents the results of several studies dealing with dialect differences and offers a rationale for using the language experience approach for teaching dialectically different black children. (TO)

An understanding of the linguistic differences of black and Puerto Rican children will better prepare the teacher to cope with the language learning situation. (Authors)

Children who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds and speak in nonstandard dialects should not be made to feel inferior but should be listened to. (JH)

The teacher of black students needs to develop a sensitivity to their rich communicative language styles in order to use the varied styles in the classroom situation. (JH)

Black English should not be used in elementary classrooms in place of standard English but along with it, giving students opportunities to develop use of both equally well.

Study concluded that use of Negro dialect or standard English made no significant difference in ability to answer literal questions; sex and level of readiness did. (Author/MB)

Report of research findings on productive language differences in beginning fifth grade Black children living in Philadelphia, as evidenced by their use of nonstandard syntactic forms in both speech and writing. (RB)

A preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/RD)