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ERIC Number: EJ258942
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-Feb
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Dialect Features and Linguistic Conflict in Schools.
Cheshire, Jenny
Educational Review, v34 n1 p53-67 Feb 1982
Analyzes some of the educational problems that can arise from teachers' lack of awareness of the systematic differences between standard English and nonstandard dialects. Discusses the serious linguistic and social consequences of the situation in Britain, where most schoolchildren speak nonstandard English. (SK)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, English, Error Analysis (Language), Grammar, Language Attitudes, Language Styles, Nonstandard Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Teacher Response
Publication Type: Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: England (Reading)