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ERIC Number: EJ205609
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979
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Black Dialect and Learning to Read: What Is the Problem?
Masland, Susan W.
Journal of Teacher Education, v30 n2 p41-44 Mar-Apr 1979
Evidence is inclusive that dialect interferes with learning to read, and there is research indicating that a teacher's bias against dialect can mean lowered expectations and lowered performance. (JMF)
Descriptors: Bias, Black Dialects, Black Youth, Dialect Studies, Expectation, Language, Reading Ability, Reading Comprehension, Teacher Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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