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ERIC Number: EJ222816
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Nov
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An Overview of Language Attitude Studies with Special Reference to Teachers' Language Attitudes.
Webber, R. D.
Educational Review, v31 n3 p217-32 Nov 1979
This paper attempts an overview of language attitude studies through consideration of their history and theoretical basis. Studies of students' language attitudes are examined before a more extensive review is made of teachers' language attitudes, especially their attitudes toward the language of West Indian and Black American students. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Literature Reviews, Nonstandard Dialects, Research Methodology, Stereotypes, Student Teacher Relationship, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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Identifiers: West Indians