Dialects at School: Educating Linguistically Diverse Students

by Donna Christian, Jeffrey Reaser, Carolyn Temple Adger, et al.

Book Overview

Like its predecessor, Dialects in Schools and Communities, this book illuminates major language-related issues that educational practitioners confront, such as responding to dialect related features in students' speech and writing, teaching Standard English, teaching students about dialects, and distinguishing dialect difference from language disorders. It approaches these issues from a practical perspective rooted in sociolinguistic research,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138777447
• ISBN13: 9781138777446
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"