Improving Reading Skills: The Relationship between the Oral Language of Black English Speakers and Their Reading Achievement.

Lass, Bonnie

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ERIC Number: EJ218840

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Publication Date: 1980-Jan

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Improving Reading Skills: The Relationship between the Oral Language of Black English Speakers and Their Reading Achievement.

Lass, Bonnie

Urban Education, v14 n4 p437-47 Jan 1980

Study conducted to determine whether Black English speakers are likely to encounter problems in reading standard English. Results indicate no relationship between the use of Black English and subjects' grade level or reading performance. (Author/JLF)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Reading Ability, Reading Achievement, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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