Black English Phonology and Learning to Read.

Hart, Jane Tyler; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ237877

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Publication Date: 1980-Oct

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Black English Phonology and Learning to Read.

Hart, Jane Tyler; And Others

Journal of Educational Psychology, v72 n5 p636-46 Oct 1980

The hypothesis that Black English-speaking children of low socioeconomic status would match spoken and written words when final spoken consonants were deleted, was not supported. Decoding errors revealed that race and social class influenced word strategy. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Black Dialects, Consonants, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Primary Education, Racial Differences, Social Differences

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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