A major problem in testing the auditory discrimination of disadvantaged youth is their lack of contact with standard dialect, which results in their failure to make categorizations made by standard speakers. (JM)

Expanded version of a paper presented at the TESOL (Teaching of English as a Second Language) Convention in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 6, 1971. (DS)

"The present efforts to teach a prestige form of speech to nonstandard speakers are educationally wasteful and the effective realization is socially improbable, unless the express desire and cooperation of those learning it are forthcoming. Appears in "The Florida FL Reporter special anthology issue, "Linguistic-Cultural Differences and American…

States that the teacher of students with differing dialects should start by accepting the students and their speech; a paper presented at annual convention of National Council of Teachers of English (60th, Atlanta, November 27, 1970). (Editor/SW)

An examination of ERIC documents pertinent to this topic; a preprint from a forthcoming publication of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/RD)

Presents results of a survey on the content, organization, staffing, participants, and perceived effectiveness of 14 bidialectal language arts programs (those that use a child's indigenous dialect in the instructional process, usually to demonstrate contrasts with standard English). Suggests that more guidelines for developing and evaluating such…

This paper attempts an overview of language attitude studies through consideration of their history and theoretical basis. Studies of students' language attitudes are examined before a more extensive review is made of teachers' language attitudes, especially their attitudes toward the language of West Indian and Black American students.…

Sets forth five principles that should be emphasized in programs designed to help teachers teach nonstandard English speaking students more effectively. (FL)

The Martin Luther King case established a legal mandate requiring school systems to identify, assess, and remedy educational problems associated with the use of nonstandard English dialects, casual or otherwise, by minority group children. (Author/MLF)

Clarifies misconceptions about the Ann Arbor, Michigan court decision on the teaching of students with Black dialects. Explores the impact of teacher attitudes toward substandard English on teaching students with Black dialects and lists ERIC sources for increasing knowledge and sensitivity to differing dialects. (HTH)

This article reviews the situation of the instruction of French in Quebec, in terms of the role of French and attitudes toward standard and non-standard varieties of French, the acquisition of French by native French speakers. Bidialectal instruction is suggested as one way of dealing with non-standard varieties. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

Tests the subjective reactions of standard Russian speakers and American English speakers to regional pronunciation. Homogeneously-grouped subjects listened to a series of recorded voices and rated each speaker for various attributes on a numerical scale. These attributes included competence, personal integrity, and social attractiveness. (CK)