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Peer reviewedPerry, Jesse – Clearing House, 2001
Considers how, when children enter school speaking a social class dialect, it can pose problems for both the students and the teachers. Notes strategies that teachers might use to assist the Black dialect speaker to adopt a more "prestigious dialect." Suggests teachers provide opportunities to listen to folktales or riddles written in dialect and…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Elementary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts
