The crux of the problem lies not in Black English itself, but in the attitudes toward it. (Author)

This writer takes the position that black English does exist and that teachers of black children should know the grammar of this language so that they can better deal with teaching the children who speak it. (DM)

Discussed are effects of linguistic conflicts between teachers' or clinicians' use of standard English and students' use of nonstandard English. Use of auditory contrastive analyses is suggested for development of better communication and reduction of the cultural/linguistic barrier. (KW)

Despite evidence which disproves the idea that some languages and language varieties are defective for logical thought or intellectual expressiveness, there are still language policies and social programs in operation which are based on these and other discredited assumptions. (Author/GC)

Reviews recent studies dealing with the question of whether students' dialects interfere with their ability to read. Suggests three specific actions that educators concerned with reading instruction might take in order to enhance the quality of reading instruction for students with nonstandard dialects. (FL)

Teachers aware of the value of each child's language can do much to prevent initial reading difficulties among those who speak nonstandard dialects. (DD)

To investigate speech-language clinicians' attitudes regarding treatment goal setting for children who were speakers of Black English, questionnaires based on W. Wolfram and R. Fasold's conceivable goals in teaching standard English to speakers of nonstandard dialects were distributed to 103 clinicians. (Author/CL)

Notes that familiarity with the language of students--and especially awareness of the features of their languages that make acquisition of educated English difficult--enables the teacher to use a variety of techniques. Suggests that tolerance and acceptance of a panoply of dialects is a must, not a choice. (RS)

Examines linguistic variation on an Internet Relay Chat channel with respect to the hypothesis, based on the model of Milroy and Milroy (1992) that standard variants tend to be associated with weak social network ties, while vernacular variants are associated with strong network ties. (Author/VWL)

Examines an area of sociolinguistic methodology that thus far has received relatively little theoretical attention: the composition and analysis of orthographic transcriptions of non-standard speech. Addresses the following aspects: linguistic/semiotic properties of orthographic transcription, and the different functions of orthographic writing…

Mauritius is a multilingual postcolonial island of the Indian Ocean. Although the French-lexified creole, Mauritian Creole/Kreol, is the native language of 70% of the Mauritian population, it is excluded from the education system. Kreol lacks prestige because it is seen as broken French and associated with the local Creoles, a socioeconomically…

The research described here confirmed the hypothesis that for each variable, the Hispanic variant is realized in higher percentages in syllable-timed utterances and that the non-Hispanic variant is realized in higher percentages in stress-timed utterances. (Author/RM)

Article based on a speech delivered at the Annual Convention of the National Council of Teachers of English, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, November 29, 1968.

This tape script comprises the "Speech-Communication Evaluation Test" given to speakers of non-standard English in the Speech Communication Center at the University of Hawaii. This test is administered to pairs of students and requires identifying sentences played on tape, or read by partners in turn. It includes communicating words and utterances…

The two purposes of this study were to analyze the linguistic studies of the speech of black Americans which began in 1865 and ended in 1972 and to determine, on the basis of the studies analyzed, whether or not a black dialect exists. First, 73 studies were read and analyzed; second, these studies were categorized according to the investigators'…