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ERIC Number: EJ377329
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1988
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Employers' Language Expectations and Nonstandard Dialect Speakers.
Robbins, Judy Floyd
English Journal, v77 n6 p22-24 Oct 1988
Reports on a study unit designed by a group of high school English teachers in the rural deep South, using Broadcast English to prepare students for job interviews. Emphasizes Broadcast English as a register to be used in certain speech situations (rather than an attempt to "fix" students' language). (SR)
Descriptors: Employment Potential, English Instruction, Language Standardization, Nonstandard Dialects, Oral Language, Pronunciation Instruction, Secondary Education, Standard Spoken Usage, Teacher Developed Materials
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Broadcast English; Registers (Linguistics)