Recent Theories Concerning Effective Language Arts Instruction for African-American Students.

Hartsell, Margaret P.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Recent Theories Concerning Effective Language Arts Instruction for African-American Students.

Hartsell, Margaret P.

Western Journal of Black Studies, v12 n4 p194-203 Win 1988

The following are the basic theories concerning the teaching of English to African-American students: (1) the laissez-faire approach (noninterference with the language of the student); (2) the bidialectical approach (teaching English as if it were a foreign language); and (3) the eradicationalist approach (teaching standard English, emphasizing structural, traditional, transformational, or eclectic grammar). (BJV)

Descriptors: Black Dialects, Black Students, Educational Theories, Elementary Secondary Education, English Instruction, Language Arts, Language Proficiency, Linguistic Theory, Second Language Instruction, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Teaching Models

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Language: English

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Note: Special section titled "Learning Factor Analyses and Black Students."