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Hoover, Mary Rhodes; And Others – 1976
The assessment of teacher attitudes toward nonstandard dialects in the classroom is the major focus of this research. A Black English attitudes test was developed consisting of the "Black English Speech Varieties Attitude Test" and the "Black English Teacher Attitude Scale." The speech varieties test measures attitudes toward standard and…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Black Dialects, Code Switching (Language), Dialect Studies
Hoover, Mary Rhodes; And Others – 1976
The Black English tests for students attempt to provide a complete picture of a Black child's language proficiency, including the child's relative proficiency in the standard and vernaculary forms of speech. Three different tests, which can be taken separately, are included in this manual. The "Discrimination Test" measures the ability to…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Code Switching (Language), Dialect Studies, Language Attitudes
