The Effects of

Nutter, Norma

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ERIC Number: EJ261479

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Publication Date: 1982-May

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The Effects of "Consciousness of Correctness" on Amount, Fluency, and Syntax of Adolescents' Speech.

Nutter, Norma

Research in the Teaching of English, v16 n2 p149-70 May 1982

Investigates the relative effects of directing adolescents' attention, either toward the "correctness" of their speech or toward the expression of their attitudes, on the amount, fluency, and syntactic structure of speech produced in a subsequent standardized interview. (HOD)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Communication Research, Language Usage, Metacognition, Oral Language, Secondary Education, Sex Differences, Socioeconomic Status, Sociolinguistics, Speech Communication, Standard Spoken Usage, Student Attitudes

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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