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ERIC Number: EJ279317
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Apr
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Launching Nonstandard Speakers into Standard English.
Tompkins, Gail E.; McGee, Lea M.
Language Arts, v60 n4 p463-69 Apr 1983
Describes a program for introducing nonstandard speakers to standard English syntactic patterns that involves three steps: (1) introducing the new pattern, (2) providing practice, and (3) manipulating the new pattern. (JL)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English, Instructional Improvement, Language Patterns, Language Usage, Nonstandard Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
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Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
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