Why Not Start Now? Classroom Teachers Face the Realities of Linguistic Application.

Brisby, Phyllis J.

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ERIC Number: EJ049127

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Publication Date: 1971

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Why Not Start Now? Classroom Teachers Face the Realities of Linguistic Application

Brisby, Phyllis J.

Elementary English, 48, 8, 1005-8, Dec 71

Author contends that we judge people too harshly by their speech. He advocates accepting children's dialects first then teaching them proper speech patterns. (AF)

Descriptors: Diction, English Curriculum, Language Acquisition, Language Skills, Linguistics, Regional Dialects, Speech, Speech Curriculum, Speech Habits

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