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ERIC Number: EJ496102
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-8274
"Students' Right to Their Own Language": A Retrospective.
Smitherman, Geneva
English Journal, v84 n1 p21-27 Jan 1995
Considers the right students have to the use of their own idiom in the classroom. Gives a historical overview of the 1974 "Students' Right" document prepared by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Calls for a new view of language among English teachers. (HB)
Descriptors: Educational Trends, English Curriculum, English Instruction, Instructional Improvement, Language Role, Language Usage, Secondary Education, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Historical Background; Literature Instruction; Students Right to Their Own Language (CCCC)
Note: Special Issue--Language in Our Lives: Talkin' and Testifyin'.