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Troike, Rudolph C. – Florida F L Rep, 1969
The teacher should respect the language the child bringsto school and realize that all languages have social and regional dialects. Bidialectal and bilingual education should begin at the ages of two and three. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American Education. (AMM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English (Second Language), Regional Dialects, Social Dialects
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Troike, Rudolph C. – TESOL Quarterly, 1968
Discussed briefly by the author are some of the "most immediately relevant" implications for TESOL which arise from research studies in dialectology. One phenomenon, which until recently has received little attention, is that of "receptive bi-dialectalism" or "bilingualism." One of the earliest observations of this…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Dialect Studies, English (Second Language)
Berney, Tomi D., Ed.; Eisenberg, Anne, Ed. – 1968
This bulletin summarizes the arguments for bilingual education in the United States. More than one language is needed as the medium of instruction where the child's mother tongue may not be English. Instruction in a weaker language not only retards reading, but arithmetic and other subjects are not as well learned if the child must cope with…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism