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Direct linkConnor, Carol McDonald; Craig, Holly K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: This study examined the relation between African American preschoolers' use of African American English (AAE) and their language and emergent literacy skills in an effort to better understand the perplexing and persistent difficulties many African American children experience learning to read proficiently. Method: African American…
Descriptors: North American English, Vocabulary Skills, Phonology, African American Children
Thompson, Connie A.; Craig, Holly K.; Washington, Julie A. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2004
Many African American students produce African American English (AAE) features that are contrastive to Standard American English (SAE). The AAE-speaking child who is able to dialect shift, that is, to speak SAE across literacy contexts, likely will perform better academically than the student who is not able to dialect shift. Method: This…
Descriptors: African American Students, Literacy, North American English, Black Dialects
