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A Comparison of Oral and Written English Styles in African American Students at Different Stages of Writing Development
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Ivy, Lennette J.; Masterson, Julie J. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to compare the rates of using African American English (AAE) grammatical features in spoken and written language at different points in literacy development. Based on Kroll's model (1981), a high degree of similarity in use between the modalities was expected at Grade 3, and lower similarity was…
Descriptors: African American Students, Writing (Composition), Black Dialects, Grammar
Phonological Features Exhibited by Children Speaking African American English at Three Grade Levels
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Harris, Kandis L.; Moran, Michael J. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2006
This study compared phonological features of African American English speakers at 3 grade levels: preschool, elementary school, and middle school. The phonological features exhibited at all 3 grade levels were quite similar. The frequency of usage, determined by the percentage of speakers exhibiting the feature and by the mean number of…
Descriptors: North American English, Black Dialects, African Americans, Grade 3
Teacher Workshops, Black English Test for Teachers, and Selected Teaching Behaviors and Their Relation to Pupil Achievement.
Politzer, Robert L.; Lewis, Shirley A. – 1979
A study was undertaken to confirm previous findings on the relation between teacher performance on the "Teacher Test of Black English" (TTBE), certain teaching behaviors (direct correction, establishing a set, and "directly relevant" teaching), and the achievement of Vernacular Black English speaking students. In addition, the study sought to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Dialects, Black Students, Educational Research