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Peer reviewedDubois, Betty – Reading Improvement, 1977
Examines specific issues that are related to teaching a standard dialect. Suggests that the most efficient solution to the problem is to alter teacher preparation to allow reading in the learner's dialect. Discusses the difficulties in effecting such a solution. (RL)
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Elementary Secondary Education, Language Standardization, North American English
Peer reviewedBenson, Morton – TESOL Quarterly, 1989
Educational programs for teachers of English as a Second Language must devote more attention to differences between the standard varieties of American and British English, with instruction focusing on the major orthographic, morphological, syntactic, collocational, and lexical differences. (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dialects, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
