Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1979

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Thesis/Dissertation Advisor [Chair]

Trammell, Robert L.

Abstract

A review of recent linguistic literature reveals many problems which speakers of black English encounter in school. The problems of learning standard English as a second dialect are examined in terms of linguistic differences between two dialects and, even more importantly, sociolinguistic differences between two cultures. The approach of teaching English as a second dialect in college is compared to teaching freshman English by "traditional" methods and to teaching English as a second language. As an aid to teachers of standard English as a second dialect, one such course is described and evaluated in terms of the students, the texts, and the teaching methods. The textbook used Keys to American English, teaches written forms of standard English by contrastive analysis methods. In conclusion, the results of tests are explained, similar courses are discussed, and recommendations for conducting such courses are made.

Extent

123 p.

Comments

Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters|Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1979.|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters

Identifier

FADT13994

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