The Functional Nature of Social Dialects: Social Change and the Teaching of Black English.

Cromack, Robert E.

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ERIC Number: EJ047618

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Publication Date: 1971

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The Functional Nature of Social Dialects: Social Change and the Teaching of Black English

Cromack, Robert E.

English Record, 21, 4, 74-82, Apr 71

Black English is adequate for speakers within the black community: adding a second dialect, standard English, opens new roles with the larger society. The teacher can encourage or discourage such change depending on his relations with students and the community. (JM)

Descriptors: Black Community, Black Dialects, English (Second Language), English Instruction, Language Styles, School Community Relationship, Social Change, Social Dialects, Standard Spoken Usage, Student Teacher Relationship

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