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ERIC Number: EJ435600
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
"We Real Cool": Dialect in the Middle-School Classroom.
Lockhart, James
English Journal, v80 n8 p53-58 Dec 1991
Discusses how activities relating to dialect and nonstandard English are integrated into the curriculum in a middle school English class. Describes numerous class activities that result from reading aloud literary works in a wide array of dialects. Asserts the need for respect for linguistic variation in the classroom and in society. (PRA)
Descriptors: Class Activities, English Instruction, Junior High Schools, Language Styles, Middle Schools, Nonstandard Dialects, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Teaching Strategies