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Download full textEisenstein, Miriam R. – 1983
English-as-second-language instructors should take into account the importance of context for the meaning of language and address the varieties of English that learners will encounter in their daily lives. The principal elements of language variation and their implications for learners are described for the benefit of second language teachers.…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Language Variation, Learning Activities, Regional Dialects
Mougeon, R.; Hebrard, P. – 1975
This report is the result of a sociolinguistic survey of the French-speaking minority of Welland, Ontario, most of which is bilingual. Interviews were carried out and taped in French with sixty French-speaking adults. Two series of closed questions and one series of open questions were asked, the former yielding detailed data concerning the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Bilingualism, English (Second Language), French
Day, Richard; And Others – 1977
This research report deals with the transformations of stimulus sentences that primary grade speakers of Hawaii Creole English (HCE) made when they were asked to repeat sentences said to them in Standard English. The test used was the Kamehameha Early Education Program (KEEP) Standard English Repetition Test (SERT) which was administered to the 21…
Descriptors: Child Language, Creoles, Deep Structure, Dialect Studies
